On 8 July 2026, Alina Rohach, Project Manager of the Spain and Latin America Cooperation Program at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center (TDC), joined a roundtable at the III Seminario de Relaciones Internacionales, Seguridad y Defensa, organized by the Observatorio de Asuntos Internacionales at Universidad Finis Terrae. The session, held online from Kyiv, focused on “Dos Europas: la guerra en Ucrania y el giro político en Hungría” and formed part of a two-day program bringing together academics, military professionals, and international experts to assess current security challenges. The seminar was supported by the Embassy of Ukraine in Chile, helping facilitate Ukraine’s participation in the discussion.
Rohach outlined how Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has evolved since 2022 and why its implications for Europe can no longer be treated as a “regional” issue. Beyond the battlefield, the war is reshaping European security debates through a combination of military adaptation, political endurance, and wider societal resilience. She highlighted that Ukraine’s ability to sustain resistance is not only a matter of force generation, but also of governance under pressure, social cohesion, cultural resilience, and the continued functioning of humanitarian systems.
A central part of the discussion focused on the strategic meaning of Ukraine’s deep strikes on Russian territory. Rather than isolated episodes, these operations increasingly affect Russia’s logistics and risk calculus and have become part of the broader war of attrition. The conversation also addressed recent political developments in Ukraine’s European trajectory, including the significance of opening the first EU negotiation cluster, as well as the level of domestic support for EU integration in Ukraine.
Alina Rohach emphasized that Ukraine’s European course is not only an aspiration to join the EU but also a reflection of Ukraine’s growing role as a partner that can offer Europe tangible, security-relevant experience and practical lessons in resilience, defense adaptation, and modern warfare. The discussion placed Ukraine within a wider European and global security context, including the political dynamics inside EU member states that shape how support is sustained over time.