A step in the right direction. Finally

November 28, 2024

Media

The Director of Foreign Policy and International Security Programmes at Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk speaks on Radio NV about the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's appeal to provide Ukraine with missiles with a range of up to 5,000 km, when and under what conditions this may happen, why everything will depend on the Trump factor, what long-range weapons Britain has transferred to us, what this will change on the battlefield, how long Putin has been preparing the Oreshnik strike, what scared him the most during the ATACMS attacks, and what has changed in China's policy.


Host — Yulia Petrova.

Watch video (in Ukrainian).


https://razumkov.org.ua/napriamky/videokomentari/nareshti-krok-zroblenyi-u-pravylnomu-napriamku

Oleksiy Melnyk

Co-Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes, Coordinator of International Projects


Born in 1962 in Khmelnytsty Rgn

Education:

Royal College of Defence Studies, London, UK (2007)

Air Field Operations Officer School, Biloxy, MS, US (2001)

Squadron Officer School, Montgomery, AL, US (1994)

Defence Language Institute, San Antonio, TX, US (1994)

Chernihiv Higher Military Air Force Academy, Ukraine (1984)

Employment:

1980 – 2001 — Air Force Active Service (Cadet, Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, Squadron Commander, Deputy Air Force Base Commander, Participant of two UN peacekeeping operations, Lt.Colonel (Ret)

2001 – 2004 — Razumkov Centre

2004 – 2005 — State Company Ukroboronservice

2005 – 2008 — Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Head Organisational and Analytical Division — First Assistant to Minister of Defence

(044) 201-11-95

melnyk@razumkov.org.ua

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