🎤 When Energy Becomes Security: Ukraine2Power at the Political Communication Summit in Vienna
Dr. Liudmyla Kvirenko shared Ukraine2Power’s experience of communicating energy resilience during war at Europe’s first Political Communication Summit in Vienna. She presented how our winter campaign helped mobilise more than €1 million in support for people and social institutions affected by prolonged blackouts.
At Europe’s first Political Communication Summit in Vienna, Dr. Liudmyla Kvirenko shared Ukraine2Power’s experience of communicating through an energy crisis and turning attention into practical support.
The Summit brought together almost 600 participants from more than 30 countries at Vienna City Hall, creating a new European platform for political communication, campaigning, public affairs and strategic communication. For us, it was an important opportunity to bring the Ukrainian experience into a wider European conversation about resilience, trust and preparedness.
⚡️Liudmyla’s session, “When Energy Becomes Security: Communicating Resilience During a Winter of War,” looked back at our response to the winter of 2025/26, when prolonged blackouts left people in Kyiv without electricity, heating and, at times, water. A simple video appeal by Nataliia Fiebrig grew into a campaign that mobilised more than €1 million and helped us deliver thousands of Warm Packages, portable power stations and energy systems for schools.
The central lesson was simple: energy resilience is not only about infrastructure. It is also about trust, clear communication and the ability to act quickly.
And this conversation could hardly be more timely. Russia is again intensifying attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. In recent days, Kyiv has already experienced major blackouts, disruptions to water supply and even temporary shutdowns of metro services after strikes on energy facilities.
At Ukraine2Power, we are preparing for the coming winter and working to provide portable power stations and winter essentials to people who need it the most.
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A big thank you to Partisan and Josef Lentsch, Benjamin Laepple, Jerry Zagoritis for bringing this first Political Communication Summit to life and for creating a space where experiences from Ukraine can become part of the broader European discussion.
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