The Queensland-based Sunshine & Sons has launched a special edition spirit - the General's Friendship Gin - in support of Ukraine. Sunshine & Sons is donating $34 from each bottle sold to help support Nathan Burrason’s campaign to raise funds for the purchase of metal detectors for humanitarian de-mining operations in Ukraine. The General’s Friendship Gin … [Read more...]

AFUO Co-Chairs Stefan Romaniw OAM and Kateryna Argyrou, and Chrestyna Kmetj, Executive Committee member, visited Canberra on Monday 31 July to thank the Australian Government for their support for Ukraine and to discuss the community's latest initiatives to help Ukraine. Matters discussed included continued defence funding for Ukraine, the AFUO’s #Utes4Ukraine … [Read more...]

Antonina Tkachuk, a Ukrainian community member in Sydney, has lost her beloved son Ihor, who has died defending Ukraine. Antonina arrived in Sydney last year with her daughter Iryna. Antonina said “For the first three months I cried in my apartment, then realised it was time to stop crying and help Ukraine”. Antonina and her daughter became actively involved in the … [Read more...]

Senator Penny Wong, Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, met with the Ukrainian community in South Australia on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 and reaffirmed the Australian Government’s commitment to Ukraine “winning the war, settling on its own terms” and holding “Russia to account”.  Greeted with a standing ovation as she entered the room, Senator Wong emphatically … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) welcomed the Australian Government announcement on 20 July 2023 that it would impose additional targeted sanctions on 35 entities in Russia's defence, technology and energy sectors, and 10 individuals, including Russian Ministers and senior officials, as well as senior military personnel in Belarus. The … [Read more...]