This Sunday February 20, the Australian-Ukrainian community and friends will hold memorial services and rallies around Australia to show their support for the people of Ukraine, currently threatened with invasion by Russia, which has amassed over 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s border.
Alongside many other #StandWithUkraine actions and rallies happening around the world on 20 February, the events will keep the world’s focus on Russia’s aggression and possible incursion in Ukraine. The events also commemorate the men and women who gave their lives during the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity in 2014 (the Heavenly Hundred – killed by snipers of the former pro-Russian regime) and the 14,000 soldiers and civilians who have died in the eight-year war that Russia is waging in Ukraine’s east.
Locations for the services and rallies will be:
MELBOURNE: 12:30pm – Rally Federation Square to Parliament House
SYDNEY: 1:30pm – Church service and rally, St Andrews Ukrainian Catholic Church, 57 Church St, Lidcombe
CANBERRA: 12:00pm – St Nicholas Church, Orthodox Centre, Turner
ADELAIDE: 2.00pm – Parliament House
BRISBANE: 9:30am – Protection of Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church, 36 Broadway St, Woolloongabba
#STAND WITH UKRAINE #STOP RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE
