Ukraine’s European integration takes place in a turbulent context. This panel aims to address main challenges it faces in this process. The European Union has tightly linked Ukraine’s rebuilding and accession, among others through the adoption of the Ukraine Facility. The ongoing war, however, makes the prospects of accession uncertain, with unclear consequences for the country’s recovery. Even in the case of a rapid opening of accession negotiations, state capacity to absorb rebuilding and reform funding and to govern the corresponding processes may remain major obstacles on Ukraine’s path to the EU. Another urgent question is how to combine Ukrainian ownership of the rebuilding process with the top-down nature of EU conditionality. Finally, the 27 EU member states need to unanimously agree on further enlargement and take the necessary preparatory measures. The panel will discuss the state of Ukraine’s EU accession and the related challenges from various perspectives. In doing so, it will explore which experiences of the Nordic and Baltic EU member states can be utilized for Ukraine, but also shed light on what Nordic and Baltic EU member states can learn from Ukraine in terms of deepening European integration.