Kubilius: Europe Free-Rode on America for 30 Years. Ukraine Changed That

<p>In just three years, Ukraine scaled its annual defence production from roughly one billion euros to 50 billion euros. The EU Commissioner for Defence and Space argues that a combination of digital talent, demand-side doctrinal change and civil society mobilisation drove that transformation, and that the EU has not yet matched this model and therefore needs to bring Ukraine into its defence thinking.<br> <br>At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk on 26 June 2026, Visegrad Insight editor-in-chief Wojciech Przybylski sat down with European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius for a wide-ranging conversation on what Europe can – and must – learn from Ukraine&#39;s military-industrial transformation.</p><p><br></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@visegradinsight">⁠https://www.youtube.com/@visegradinsight⁠</a></p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/visegrad-insight-podcast/id1515725435">⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/visegrad-insight-podcast/id1515725435</a></p><p>Substack: <a href="https://visegradinsight.substack.com/podcast">⁠https://visegradinsight.substack.com/podcast⁠</a></p><p>Subscribe to Visegrad Insight for access to all our content, live and online events: <a href="http://visegradinsight.eu">⁠visegradinsight.eu⁠</a>. </p><p>Use code VISEGRAD35 for 35 per cent off a yearly subscription:<a href="https://visegradinsight.eu/membership-account/membership-levels/">⁠https://visegradinsight.eu/membership-account/membership-levels/⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Visegrad Insight is powered by the Res Publica Foundation, Warsaw.</p>