Pre-Summit Delegation · November 2026

The people who held the line are coming to America.

This November, a delegation of Ukraine's frontline heroes — among them Roman Hrybov, the voice of Snake Island, whose answer to a Russian warship went around the world — travels to Dallas and Washington, D.C. They'll meet the Americans who can stand by them, and open the road to the Ukraine Freedom Summit. Help us bring them.

November 16–19, 2026 Dallas & Washington, D.C. Ahead of the March 2027 Summit
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The delegation

The people who carry Ukraine's story.

The people who fought — and the leaders beside them — meeting America face to face, to speak for the country they defend.

Roman Hrybov

Roman
Hrybov

The voice of Snake Island

His story → Volodymyr Baikovets

Volodymyr
Baikovets

Veteran & adaptive-sport champion

His story → Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Vladyslav Klochkov

Vladyslav
Klochkov

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) · Center for Traumatic Stress

His story → Ganna Lysakova

Ganna
Lysakova

Founder, “Warm the Soul” · The Valkyries

Her story →

The team

Travelling with them.

The people who organize the Summit, open the doors, and make sure the delegation’s story reaches the rooms where decisions get made.

Samuel P.N. Cook

Samuel P.N.
Cook

Founder, The Borderlands Foundation · Summit host

His story → Ievgen Krasovytskyi

Ievgen
Krasovytskyi

Organising the Summit · Operations Manager

His story → Taisiya Poda

Taisiya
Poda

Psychologist · Future of Ukraine Day

Her story → Veronika Rastvortseva

Veronika
Rastvortseva

Golf at the Summit · Project Ukraine

Her story →

Meet the whole team →

The four days

November 16–19, 2026.

Four days across Dallas and Washington, D.C. Details firm up as partners and meetings are confirmed. Venues are announced to registered guests.

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Monday, November 16

Arrival & welcome

The delegation arrives in the United States — settling in, briefings, and first introductions to open four days of meetings, November 16–19.

17
Tuesday, November 17

Meetings & mini-conference

Meetings, veteran-program presentations and a roundtable on veteran support and recovery.

MeetingsRoundtablePresentations
18
Wednesday, November 18

Golf tournament

Ukrainian veterans, donors, and supporters on the green — a fundraiser in its own right, and the camaraderie that carries through to the Summit's Ukraine Freedom Golf Tournament in Dallas.

Veterans · donors · supporters
19
Thursday, November 19

Closing dinner & farewells

A closing dinner to mark the partnerships begun this week — and to look ahead to March in Dallas — before the delegation departs.

Closing dinnerDepartures

Be there in Dallas.

Sign up to meet the veterans when they visit Dallas on November 16–19, 2026, or to join the Summit on March 15–18, 2027.

What happens after you sign upWe reply by email within a few days. Because these are wounded veterans and public figures in wartime, we share the time and place with registered guests only.
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Why your support matters

Bring Ukraine's veterans to the table.

Sponsoring a veteran brings them back to the U.S. for the Summit and the golf tournament in March. It funds:

Travel & stay

Flights and accommodation for the delegation's veterans.

Preparation

Mental-health support and communication preparation before the meetings.

The meetings

Participation in the business and diplomatic engagements that matter.

Representation

Representing Ukraine at the highest level — as ambassadors for resilience and recovery.

$5,000 sponsors one veteran. Here is where it goes:

Travel and stay$3,410
Road from Kyiv to the Polish border and on to Warsaw$110
Return flights, Warsaw–Dallas$1,800
U.S. visa appointment fee$180
Travel and medical insurance$70
Four nights’ accommodation$650
Meals and local transport, five days$490
The road home, Warsaw to Kyiv$110
Golf coaching and range time in Ukraine before the trip$1,200
Summit participation and contingencies (visa delays, flight changes)about $390
One veteran$5,000

Per-veteran estimates from the Foundation’s budget for the November 2026 delegation; they change as flights are booked.

The Foundation’s trip page shows $4,610 per veteran for travel, stay and coaching; the $5,000 here adds about $390 for participation and contingencies such as visa delays and flight changes.

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What it's building toward

The Ukraine Freedom Summit — Dallas, March 2027.

Everything this delegation does points to four days in Dallas next March, built around three themes.

01

Defense Innovation

How this war is fought and won — the front-line fight, the industry that arms it, deep strike, the air and spectrum battles, and the architecture of victory.

02

Economic Recovery

Rebuilding the nation — financing the recovery, entrepreneurship under fire, energy security, and a new Marshall Plan.

03

Future of the Heroes

The veterans who fought — leadership after service, rehabilitation, mental health, freedom after captivity, and the Ukraine Freedom Golf Tournament.

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What the four days are for

Ukraine’s veterans, telling their own story.

The veterans come to tell Americans, in person, what they fought for and how they are rebuilding their lives — and to open the road to the Summit in March.

  • Tell their story face to face: in meetings, at veteran-program presentations and at a roundtable on veteran support and recovery.
  • Meet the Americans who can help them recover and rebuild — veterans’ groups, churches, families and veteran-support programs.
  • Prepare for the Ukraine Freedom Summit in Dallas, March 15–18, 2027, and its golf tournament.
Ukrainian veterans and partners

Help bring the delegation to America.

Every contribution directly supports the veterans making this trip — and their return for the Summit in Dallas.

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