Matteo Mecacci

Director of European Policy Institute in Kyiv @epik_ukraine Advisor @iaionline
Frm. Dir. @osce_odihr President @savetibetorg - Italian MP @oscepa- Views my own

[European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK) @EPIK_Ukraine]

Reforming Ukraine’s defence sector is as much a governance challenge as a military one.

How could the EU step up alongside NATO, embedding defence within the EU’s institutional frameworks?

🔗 Read the commentary by @KALindstrom, @MarushevskaY and Oksana Osadcha

[Jimmy Rushton @JimmySecUK]

This was Kyiv last night.

Those very, very fast missiles are probably 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles. Russia fired eight of them at us yesterday.

Imagine this was your city, and this was happening a few hundred metres from your home.

[Trey Yingst @TreyYingst]

Russia launched 656 drones and 73 missiles into Ukraine last night hitting multiple civilian targets.

[European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK) @EPIK_Ukraine]

Yesterday, EPIK joined the inaugural Architecture of Security Forum in Kyiv. A new expert platform is dedicated to one of the most urgent questions of our time: how Ukraine's experience is reshaping European security.

@MatteoMecacci, Director of EPIK, joined a high-level panel alongside @VPrystaiko, @NathalieTocci, and Vygaudas Ušackas.

They discussed a fundamental paradigm shift in Western thinking — Ukraine not as a consumer of European security, but as one of its guarantors. Matteo also elaborated on the conditions necessary to ensure long-term post-war stability in the region.

More conversations like this are exactly what this moment demands.

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

Kyiv suffered another heavy Russian missile and drone attack overnight. Numerous buildings damaged or destroyed. Mayor Vitali Klitschko says 4 people killed, 58 injured in the Ukrainian capital, 40 of which were hospitalized. Those figures are likely to rise over the day as emergency service workers clear rubble.

The bombardment comes 10 days after the last major assault on Kyiv — and amid persistent threats from Moscow of more attacks. President Zelenskyy has pleaded with the US and others partners to help it secure more Patriot air defense systems and munitions capable of downing Russia’s ballistic missiles.

[Matteo Mecacci @MatteoMecacci]

Despite #russian constant threats #odesa lives. #europe #odetojoy #ukraine

[Matteo Mecacci @MatteoMecacci]

See the latest commentary by @UmlandAndreas on 🇩🇪 Chancellor @bundeskanzler ‘s proposal for #ukraine #EU accession.

[European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK) @EPIK_Ukraine]

European policymakers are exploring ways to upgrade the EU-Ukraine relationship ahead of full membership. The latest initiative comes from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

The idea, however, has been met with scepticism in Ukraine.

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

Kyiv is under Russian ballistic missile attack. Series of huge explosions just rocked the city. Attack is ongoing.

[Matteo Mecacci @MatteoMecacci]

#NewProfilePic

[Matteo Mecacci @MatteoMecacci]

Today in Kyiv, I begin my role as Director of  EPIK @EPIK_Ukraine — the European Policy Institute in Kyiv, the first international think tank established in Ukraine.

I take on this role at a defining moment for Ukraine and for Europe. As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to reshape the European security landscape, the need for serious, independent, and policy-oriented analysis grounded in Ukraine’s realities has become increasingly important.

EPIK’s mission is to help ensure that perspectives from Kyiv contribute directly to the debates shaping Europe’s future — from Ukraine’s EU accession and long-term security to recovery, resilience, and regional stability. Ukraine’s future and Europe’s future are increasingly inseparable.

An important part of EPIK’s work is also to bring analysts, experts, and policymakers from across Europe to Kyiv to engage directly with Ukrainian institutions, civil society, and the broader context in which decisions are being made.

After many years working on issues related to democracy, human rights, and European security, I am very pleased to begin this new chapter and I’m grateful to @HallgrenJakob and @FLojdquist for the opportunity to contribute to this work, and excited for what lies ahead.

[Matteo Mecacci @MatteoMecacci]

@franceintheus @UKinUSA Oui, mais… entre les ravioli, la ricotta et le parmigiano… ça fait quand même beaucoup 🇮🇹😊

[António Costa @eucopresident]

Promised, delivered, implemented.

The EU’s strategy to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine rests on two pillars: strengthening Ukraine; increasing pressure on Russia. Today we moved forward on both:

▪️ Unlocking the €90 billion loan to Ukraine, securing financial and military support for 2026–2027.
▪️ Adopting the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, reducing its ability to wage war.

Europe stands firm, united and unwavering in its support to Ukraine.

[António Costa @eucopresident]

Europe has proven that it has the capacity to support Ukraine not only last year. With the €90 billion loan that we will approve tomorrow, we will support Ukraine in 2026 and 2027. And we will continue as long as necessary and whatever it takes.

#DelphiEconomicForum

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️European Commissioner Kos calls on EU countries to fully open Ukraine membership talks by June.

https://t.co/t9OKUYUkjj

[Dario D'Angelo @dariodangelo91]

🚨🪖🇺🇦🇷🇺 Tenere accesi i riflettori sull'Ucraina. La guerra continua. Ed è una guerra esistenziale per Kyiv. Queste immagini arrivano dalla capitale. Missili russi hanno distrutto abitazioni, incendiato edifici e ucciso civili: ci sono almeno 14 morti e decine di feriti fra Kyiv, Dnipro e Odesa. Nel primo attacco sulla capitale dopo oltre un mese, ucciso anche un bambino di 12 anni. Mosca ha lanciato complessivamente 19 missili balistici, 25 missili da crociera e 659 droni.

[Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) @magyarpeterMP]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory.

[Fredrik Löjdquist @FLojdquist]

Today is the big day of the launch of @EPIK_Ukraine - the first European think tank in Kyiv, bringing Ukrainian and other European policy shapers, together to produce policy analysis and recommendations on how to enable 🇺🇦’s 🇪🇺-integration, initiated by @SCEEUS_UI @UISweden

[European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK) @EPIK_Ukraine]

At a time when Europe’s security is inseparable from Ukraine’s and Ukraine is moving closer to EU — the need for bold, creative policy solutions has never been greater.

Founded in Kyiv, EPIK brings Ukr and European experts together to develop policy ideas for decision-makers.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Exclusive: The US has made its offer of security guarantees needed for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country's eastern region of Donbas to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters https://t.co/5tNeMoiMpJ

[European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 @eu_eeas]

4th EEAS Annual Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats is now out.

Today’s wars are not only fought with tanks and drones but with lies and algorithms too.

Read more: https://t.co/cYdRtp1Ra1