Place and role of all-Ukrainian round tables of National Unity in the settlement of the Conflict in the donbass

Abstract

Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, various methods and methods of its settlement have been applied. One of such mechanisms was to be an inclusive dialogue within Ukrainian society. This format was supported by all parties involved in the conflict in the spring of 2014. In May 2014, after the start of the so-called anti-terrorist operation in the East of the country, the Kiev authorities, with the assistance of the OSCE, organized a series of All-Ukrainian round tables of national unity. In the public sphere, the organizers of the events pursued the main goal of finding a compromise between the parties to the conflict. In the course of the study, an attempt was made to identify the impact of the All- Ukrainian Round tables of National Unity on the conflict settlement process in the Donbass. The object of the study were three Round tables held in May 2014 in Kiev, Kharkiv and Nikolaev (Mykolaiv). The relevance of the research is due to the problem of insufficient elaboration and development of the topic related to dialogue platforms in Ukraine in the period from 2014 to 2022 and their impact on the course of the conflict in the Donbass. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that the topic of the All-Ukrainian round tables of National Unity has not been covered in the scientific literature.