MAIN MECHANISMS OF MILITARY COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDER CONDITIONS OF FULL-SCALE WAR

Volodymyr Shvediuk

doi:10.36074/logos-19.12.2025.011

MAIN MECHANISMS OF MILITARY COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDER CONDITIONS OF FULL-SCALE WAR

Volodymyr Shvediuk

Conference proceedings: Raccolta di articoli scientifici «ΛΌГOΣ» con gli atti della VIII Conferenza scientifica e pratica internazionale «Ricerche scientifiche e metodi della loro realizzazione: esperienza mondiale e realtà domestiche» (Bologna, Repubblica Italiana; 19 dicembre, 2025)

Section: International relations

Publication date: 2025/12/19

Pages: 60-68

DOI: 10.36074/logos-19.12.2025.011

ISBN: 978-617-8440-86-2

Publisher: Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana

Language: en

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Abstract

The article analyses the transformation of the military-political partnership between Ukraine and the European Union in the context of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. It is argued that the war has not only reshaped the architecture of European security, but has also driven the EU’s evolution from a primarily “normative power” into an actual defence actor capable of financing, coordinating and operationally supporting military missions.

Author affiliations

Volodymyr Shvediuk: National University of Ostroh Academy, UKRAINE

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