2026 Ukraine Events in Europe
As the Russian invasion grinds into its fourth year, sustained public engagement remains the critical engine driving political and military support for Ukraine. Continued visibility proves to both European policymakers and the broader public that Ukrainian sovereignty is not a fading headline, but a defining and urgent priority. That Ukraine is not a feeble recipient of aid, but rather a powerful, investment-worthy asset for European security. Just as it was in 2022, consistent pressure on members of parliament is the public’s most impactful tool to create battlefield victories and a strong negotiating position for Ukraine.
While mass demonstrations on landmark dates—such as the February 24th invasion anniversary or the August 24th Independence Day—are important, effective public advocacy drives concrete results on the battlefield. EAU provides a pathway for pro-Ukraine activists to get involved and make their mark saving Ukrainian lives and freedom while strengthening Europe’s defense.
The following directory outlines upcoming Ukraine-focused events across major European capitals. Each entry includes confirmed dates, locations, event summaries, and relevant links to help European activists immediately plug in and get to work.
Continent-wide Major Events
Here is the revised and expanded 2026 calendar of Ukraine-related events, rallies, and policy forums across Europe.
January 2026
- January 6 in Paris, France 🇫🇷: “Coalition of the Willing” Summit on Peace and Security
- Focus: High-level summit hosted by President Macron to establish post-war security guarantees and trilateral defense intent between France, the UK, and Ukraine.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Major diplomatic meetings in Paris frequently trigger significant media coverage and simultaneous public demonstrations at the Place de la République or near the National Assembly. This is a strategic moment to coordinate open letters to local French deputies (MPs) regarding the execution of security promises.
- Link for more info: Élysée Palace Official Statements
- January 12 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪: Ukrainian resistance and transatlantic uncertainty: What to expect in 2026
- Focus: A policy dialogue bringing together EU and Ukrainian officials and experts to discuss resistance and transatlantic support for Ukraine.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Engage with EU officials during open Q&A sessions to push for stronger, unified European commitments, or network with policy experts to align grassroots advocacy with institutional priorities.
- Link for more info: European Policy Centre Event Page
- January 17 in Hereford, UK 🇬🇧: Second International Arts Festival Ukraine in Hereford
- Focus: An annual arts festival celebrating Ukrainian music, visual arts, performance, and culture.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Cultural festivals are excellent venues for local grassroots outreach. Advocates can set up informational tables to gather petition signatures and urge attendees to contact their local UK MPs regarding ongoing humanitarian and defense support.
- Link for more info: Visit Herefordshire Events
- January 22 in London, UK 🇬🇧: Russia and a new Europe: Ukraine v Russia and Russia v Ukraine
- Focus: An interactive forum examining historical, political, and strategic relations and the evolving European context.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Participate in the discussion to shape public discourse, and use networking opportunities to mobilize community leaders for coordinated letter-writing campaigns to Parliament.
- Link for more info: London School of Economics (LSE) Public Events
- January 31 in London, UK 🇬🇧: Challenging the War Machine Summit
- Focus: A summit examining structures driving war, featuring journalists, activists, academics, and campaigners.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Connect with journalists and campaigners to form broader advocacy coalitions, amplifying pro-Ukraine messaging across various UK activist networks and parliamentary caucuses.
- Link for more info: Stop the War Coalition / UK Activism Hub
February 2026
- February 12 in London, UK 🇬🇧: Investing in Ukraine: From Projects to Partnerships
- Focus: Focus on private capital, war-risk insurance, and privatization, organized by the UK and Ukrainian governments alongside the EBRD.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Financial summits draw heavy attendance from parliamentary members involved in trade and foreign affairs committees. This is an ideal time to request meetings in Westminster to discuss localized investment in defense technology.
- Link for more info: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- February 13–15 in Munich, Germany 🇩🇪: Munich Security Conference (MSC 2026)
- Focus: Defining global security event focused on long-term defense strategies, defense industrial capacity, and the opening of the Ukraine House.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: The MSC always features major public demonstrations in the Munich city center. This is a premier opportunity for the public to join massive rallies that are highly visible to attending global delegates and German Bundestag members.
- Link for more info: Munich Security Conference Official Site
- February 23 in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪: Cafe Kyiv 2026
- Focus: One of Europe’s most prominent Ukraine-focused events, initiated by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. It features an all-day festival format combining politics, science, culture, and networking.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: The scale of the event—drawing around 5,000 guests—provides a massive, consolidated audience. Activists can host side-panels, network with German and Ukrainian policymakers, and secure immediate commitments from attending business and civil society leaders.
- Link for more info: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Cafe Kyiv
- February 24 in Multiple European Capitals 🇪🇺: Anniversary of the Full-Scale Invasion Solidarity Rallies
- Focus: Large-scale, coordinated mass demonstrations marking four years since the full-scale invasion, organized by diaspora groups.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: This is the most widely covered day of grassroots advocacy in Europe. It is a critical moment to present mass petitions, march on embassies, and visually demonstrate to European MPs that public backing for Ukraine remains resolute.
- Link for more info: Stand With Ukraine Global Network
- February 24 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪: Ukraine: Year of Resistance – Anniversary Policy Events
- Focus: A series of EU-level policy discussions and commemorative events marking the anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Organize public vigils and rallies outside EU institutions to maintain visible, emotional pressure on the Council of the EU to fast-track pending defense and financial aid.
- Link for more info: European Council / Council of the EU
- Late February in Mainz, Germany 🇩🇪: NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) Event
- Focus: Operational planning for NATO-standard military training, combat advisory roles, and long-term security assistance.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Local advocacy groups can organize coordinated phone-banking and email campaigns targeting members of the Bundestag Defense Committee during the event week.
- Link for more info: NATO News and Events
- February 28 in Vechta, Germany 🇩🇪: UKRFEST 2026
- Focus: A major Ukrainian cultural festival featuring music, food, crafts, and performance.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Utilize this major cultural gathering to mobilize the Ukrainian diaspora and local German supporters, encouraging attendees to schedule meetings with regional Bundestag representatives.
- Link for more info: Ukrainian Diaspora in Germany Network
March 2026
- March 5 in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪: Ukrainian-German Venture Capital Summit 2026
- Focus: A summit connecting German investors with Ukrainian startups and scale-ups for investment and networking.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Lobby German policymakers and economic officials attending the summit to remove regulatory hurdles for cross-border defense tech investments and streamline tech procurement.
Link for more info: Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA)
- March 28 in Paris, France 🇫🇷: Digital Ukraine Closing Event
- Focus: A celebratory closing event showcasing digital culture, innovation, and artistic media from Ukraine.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Use the event’s visibility to highlight Ukraine’s technological resilience to attending French officials, advocating for greater bilateral tech partnerships.
- Link for more info: Institut Français
April 2026
- Mid-April in London, UK 🇬🇧: Conference on Infrastructure Protection
- Focus: Joint UK-France military conference heavily featuring Ukrainian expertise in infrastructure defense.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: The public can attend open sessions or use the event’s visibility to lobby MPs on the Defence Select Committee, pushing for faster procurement of Ukrainian-developed counter-drone technology for UK infrastructure.
- Link for more info: UK Ministry of Defence Announcements
- April 14 in London, UK 🇬🇧: UK-Ukraine Defence Tech Forum
- Focus: A forum bringing together UK and Ukrainian defense technology companies, government, and venture capital investors.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Engage directly with UK government representatives and defense investors to push for the rapid integration of agile defense tech into traditional Ministry of Defence procurement cycles.
- Link for more info: UK-Ukraine TechBridge
- April 22–23 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪: EU-Ukraine Business Summit 2026 (Pre-URC Event)
- Focus: A massive gathering of stakeholders focusing on energy resilience, dual-use technologies, and unlocking European Commission investment.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Civil society representatives can register for the summit’s open forums to gain direct access to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and Commission officials to pitch specific advocacy frameworks.
- Link for more info: European Commission Business Summits
- April 23 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪: Joint Meeting of the North Atlantic Council and EU Political and Security Committee
- Focus: High-level NATO-EU coordination meeting dedicated to maintaining predictable military and financial aid to Ukraine.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Advocacy organizations can coordinate high-impact visual demonstrations near the venue to ensure public pressure is visible to NATO and EU ambassadors as they arrive.
- Link for more info: NATO Official Events Schedule
- April 29 in London, UK 🇬🇧: Ukraine Law Day 2026
- Focus: Hosted by the Bar Council, this conference focuses on war crimes accountability, civil mechanisms for war-related losses, and rebuilding energy infrastructure.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Network directly with legal policymakers and UK Parliamentarians to advocate for tighter domestic legislation regarding the seizure of frozen Russian state assets.
- Link for more info: The Bar Council of the UK Events
May 2026
- May 9 in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪: Europe Day / Anti-Disinformation Counter-Rallies
- Focus: Rallies held on Europe Day to reinforce Ukraine’s European integration trajectory and counter Russian “Victory Day” propaganda events.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: A critical day for counter-disinformation efforts. Advocates gather near central squares to redirect media attention toward Ukraine’s current defense against Russian imperialism, demanding increased action from local MPs.
- Link for more info: Vitsche Berlin (Diaspora Action Group)
June 2026
- June 8–12 in London, UK 🇬🇧: UK–Ukraine TechBridge at London Tech Week
- Focus: A series of tech showcases, pitching, and networking events featuring UK-Ukraine collaboration.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Use the high-profile nature of London Tech Week to organize side meetings with tech-focused MPs, demonstrating the strategic value of investing in the Ukrainian defense sector.
- Link for more info: London Tech Week
- June 15–19 in Paris, France 🇫🇷: Eurosatory 2026
- Focus: Eurosatory is the world land and airland defence and security exhibition, taking place in June at Parc des Expos Paris-Nord Villepinte. Ukrainska Pravda Ukraine will have a reinforced national stand of over 500 m², marking a new step in the consolidation of Franco-Ukrainian relations around a shared vision of defence, innovation and sovereignty.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Eurosatory brings together more than 100,000 professionals including businesses, governments, military staff, institutions and supranational organisations. For advocates, this density of decision-makers in one place is extraordinary. Walking the Ukrainian national pavilion gives you a chance to meet defence industry representatives, procurement officials, and ministry delegations from across Europe — people who rarely sit down with the public. Use the opportunity to ask manufacturers about export license bottlenecks and press any officials you encounter on whether their government is cutting through bureaucratic delays on arms approvals for Ukraine.
- Per saperne di più: Eurosatory 2026 official site
- Mid-June in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪: European Policy Dialogue on Ukraine Reconstruction & Reform
- Focus: A policy discussion on EU support and governance frameworks for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Attend to push for transparent governance frameworks and ensure civil society organizations have a formal seat in reconstruction planning.
- Link for more info: European Policy Centre
- June 25–26 in Gdansk, Poland 🇵🇱: Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026)
- Focus: energy, critical infrastructure, and logistics — and will for the first time include a dedicated Security and Defense dimension. Urc-international The conference agenda spans five thematic dimensions: business investment, the human dimension (healthcare and education), local and regional development, European integration, and security and defense.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: The URC is one of the few annual events where heads of government, EU commissioners, international finance officials, and civil society organisations share the same building for two days. Civil society accreditation is available, and the side-event programme is where much of the real work happens. Getting into the room means you can put your government’s pledges directly to the officials responsible for them, network with Ukrainian civil society counterparts, and make the case to reconstruction finance officials that accountability and speed are not in conflict.
- Per saperne di più: Iceg URC 2026 official site
July 2026
- July 1–3 in Tarasivka, Derbyshire, UK 🇬🇧: Festival for Ukraine (Krayoviy Zdvyh)
- Focus: The largest Ukrainian cultural and fundraising festival in the UK.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Leverage the massive attendance to launch large-scale petition campaigns targeting Parliament and secure commitments from local UK MPs.
- Link for more info: Ukrainian Youth Association (CYM) UK
August 2026
- Aug 22-Sept 4 in Alpbach, Austria 🇦🇹: European Forum Alpbach (EFA26)
- Focus: An interdisciplinary platform bringing together young people, leading scholars, thinkers, scientists, policy makers, business people, and cultural actors from around the world.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: The “Ukraine Tracks” at Alpbach provide a unique space to interact with European decision-makers in an informal setting. Advocates can pitch specific defense tech incubation strategies to European MPs and EU officials away from the rigid structures of capital cities.
- Link for more info: European Forum Alpbach Official Site
- August 24 in Multiple European Capitals 🇪🇺: Ukraine Independence Day Marches
- Focus: The largest summer mobilization of the Ukrainian diaspora, featuring human chains, massive marches, and public festivals celebrating Ukrainian statehood.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Prime stages for inviting European MPs to speak publicly. Securing a speaking slot for an MP effectively commits them on-record to supporting ongoing military and humanitarian funding.
- Link for more info: Ukrainian World Congress Event Tracker
September 2026
- September in Kyiv, Ukraine (with London/Paris hubs) 🇺🇦/🇬🇧/🇫🇷: Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting
- Focus: A leading forum for discussing Ukraine’s European future and global context, bringing together political leaders, business executives, and thinkers.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Satellite hubs in London and Paris provide high-level networking opportunities with influential UK and French stakeholders. Use these hubs to present value propositions regarding the industrial scaling of battlefield-tested defense technologies.
- Link for more info: Yalta European Strategy Official Site
October 2026
- October 1 in Multiple European Capitals 🇪🇺: Day of Defenders of Ukraine Solidarity Rallies
- Focus: Public gatherings dedicated to honoring the Ukrainian Armed Forces and raising awareness for POWs and MIA personnel.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: These rallies offer an ideal opportunity to pressure European defense committees and foreign offices to accelerate weapons deliveries, specifically FPV drones and C-UAS systems.
- Link for more info: Association of Families of Defenders of Azovstal
November 2026
- Nov 3–4 in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪: Berlin Security Conference (BSC 2026)
- Focus: One of Europe’s largest security and defense policy forums, bringing together senior decision-makers from NATO and the defense industry.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Leverage the dense networking environment to directly pitch defense tech integration initiatives and European advocacy strategies to attending German and EU parliamentarians.
- Link for more info: Berlin Security Conference
- Nov 21 in Multiple European Capitals 🇪🇺: Day of Dignity and Freedom Demonstrations
- Focus: Grassroots rallies commemorating the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) and Ukraine’s fight for European integration.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Activists use this anniversary to remind the European Parliament and Commission that Ukrainians have been dying under the EU flag for over a decade, demanding the removal of bureaucratic hurdles for EU accession.
- Link for more info: Promote Ukraine (Brussels-based NGO)
Autumn 2026 (Dates TBA)
- Autumn 2026 in Paris, France 🇫🇷: France–Ukraine Defence Innovation Forum
- Focus: An annual forum strengthening Franco-Ukrainian defense innovation cooperation among manufacturers and policymakers.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Coordinate with defense industry advocates to lobby the French government for streamlined defense export licenses and direct investment into Ukrainian defense startups.
- Per saperne di più: Eurosatory 2026 official site Urc-international,
- Autumn 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪: Ukraine Anti-Corruption & Rule of Law Forum
- Focus: A forum on rule of law reforms, anti-corruption mechanisms, and accountability in Ukraine’s recovery.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Network with Transparency International and EU officials to advocate for robust accountability mechanisms that do not slow down critical frontline defense disbursements.
- Autumn 2026 in Multiple EU cities 🇪🇺: Ukraine Culture & Memory Week
- Focus: A cultural programme featuring exhibitions and discussions on Ukrainian identity and resistance.
- Public Advocacy Opportunity: Use cultural exhibitions to educate local populations across the EU, empowering them to contact their representatives to sustain long-term political support.
For more info: elsewhereland touring exhibition 👉 House of European History, Brussels 👉 Ukrainian Institute
Local City-Level Events
While staying aware of major European summits and conferences is essential — much of the opportunity for individuals to volunteer happens much closer to home. Local events, community vigils, fundraisers, and awareness evenings in your own town or city are where most people first encounter the cause, and where the vast majority of your neighbours, colleagues, and local elected representatives are actually reachable. Your local councillor, your MP’s constituency office, your regional MEP — these people attend local events in a way they simply cannot attend a Brussels summit. Showing up to, and especially volunteering with, local Ukraine solidarity events builds the personal relationships and community credibility that make a member of the public’s voice heard. It also signals to organisers, journalists, and politicians alike that support for Ukraine is not an abstract foreign policy concern but a living, active priority for their own constituents. National and European events set the agenda; local events are where that agenda becomes a political reality that elected officials cannot ignore.
Listing all local events in major European cities is beyond the scope of this article. Instead, it is recommended to subscribe to the mailing lists and social media accounts for all pro-Ukraine organizations in one’s area, then selectively attending those that allow the most chance of networking and convincing other volunteers that they should add advocacy to the methods they are using to support Ukraine.
Author Bio
Carl Larson
Carl Larson is the Co-Founder and President of European Action for Ukraine (EAU). Drawing on his experience as a veteran of Ukraine’s International Legion and his previous tenure as a State Captain for the American Coalition for Ukraine, Carl established EAU to shift the center of gravity for pro-Ukraine influence directly toward major European capitals, including Berlin, Paris, London, and Brussels. Larson is a regular presence at major pro-Ukraine events across the continent, where he works to translate citizen advocacy into real policy change. He lives in Kyiv.
About European Action for Ukraine (EAU)
European Action for Ukraine (EAU) is a nonprofit volunteer organization focused on shifting successful advocacy strategies from Washington, D.C. to major European capitals, including Berlin, London, Paris, and Brussels. The core mission is to secure long-term military, economic, and diplomatic support to ensure Ukraine’s victory and the defense of Europe. EAU advocates for specific legislation to support Ukraine. To achieve these goals, the organization utilizes “battle-tested” advocacy mechanics to empower its community, relying on weekly strategy sessions and dynamic expert speakers to coordinate impact across the continent. If you’d like to help in some way, whether by volunteering your skills or by donating financially, we’d love to hear from you via our site: https://europeanactionforukraine.org
