UNIT: GUR · DIU · INT'L LEGION SCOTTSDALE, AZ
Advocacy on the Hill · documentary stand-in
// ADVOCACY · OPS
He held the line in Ukraine. Now he carries the case for it — from Capitol Hill to the Black Sea.
// UKRAINE ACTION SUMMITS · PARTICIPATION LOG · LEARN MORE ↗
4th Summit · APR 2024
4th Summit · APR 2024 ↗
Arizona delegate during the week Congress passed the $60B Ukraine aid package (HR 8035). The Arizona delegation logged 10 Congressional meetings plus one New Mexico Senate meeting.
6th Summit · APR 2025
6th Summit · APR 2025 ↗
6th Ukraine Action Summit, Washington, DC (Apr 7-9, 2025): 600+ advocates from 49 states, 400+ Congressional meetings.
7th Summit · OCT 2025
7th Summit · OCT 2025 ↗
7th Ukraine Action Summit, Washington, DC (Oct 25-29, 2025): 750+ delegates from all 50 states, 452 Congressional meetings.
8th Summit · APR 2026
8th Summit · APR 2026 ↗
8th Ukraine Action Summit, Washington, DC (Apr 19-22, 2026): 700+ advocates from all 50 states, 445 Congressional meetings.
// BLACK SEA SECURITY FORUM, 2026 · LEARN MORE ↗ · FORUM VIDEOS ↗
The Black Sea Security Forum is a major international security conference held in Odesa — convened on Ukrainian soil even under Russian attack — where heads of state, lawmakers, and military and security leaders gather around Ukraine's defense and the future of the Black Sea region. Matthew Sampson was invited to take part in the 2026 forum.
Open invitation runs across the program — speakers and attendees alike, from heads of state to frontline veterans. // IN ATTENDANCE · 2026
Petro Poroshenko
Former President of Ukraine
Salome Zourabichvili
Former President of Georgia
Reza Pahlavi
Son of the last Shah of Iran
Keith Kellogg
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine
Mark Kelly
U.S. Senator · Arizona
Ruben Gallego
U.S. Senator · Arizona
Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator · Connecticut
Jim Himes
U.S. Representative · Connecticut
Tim Walberg
U.S. Representative · Michigan
Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK · ex-Commander-in-Chief
Oleksii Neizhpapa
Commander, Ukrainian Navy
Andriy Yusov
Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (GUR)
Roman Kostenko
Ukrainian MP · Colonel
Oleksii Goncharenko
Ukrainian MP, Odesa · forum host
Ihor Koval
Acting Mayor of Odesa
Andrius Kubilius
EU Commissioner for Defence · ex-PM of Lithuania
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Chair, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung · ex-German Defence Minister
Lord Michael Ashcroft
UK businessman & pollster
Brooks Newmark
Former UK MP
Erik Prince
Founder of Blackwater
Pastor Mark Burns
U.S. evangelical leader
Ariel Bolstein
Israeli-Ukrainian activist
Olga Rudnieva
CEO · Superhumans
Hanna Shelest
Ukrainian Prism
// CALL CONGRESS · OP
Five minutes. Find your representatives and make the call.
5 Calls gives you your representatives' direct numbers and a ready-to-read script. Calls take about five minutes.
POWERED BY 5 CALLS ► FIND & CALL MY REPS
"We don't train in the trenches at all in the U.S. military. The closest thing we have is training in corridors, but they usually have doors."
Charter97 · OCT 2025
"The Russians were mining much more than we had seen in Iraq or Afghanistan."
Charter97 · OCT 2025
"Your strikes on refineries are captivating the Capitol."
Sampson · UATV interview · APR 2026