We are deeply saddened to report that Senior Sergeant Eduard Biliy of the 67th Mechanised Brigade, Anti-tank Battalion (67 омбр ДУК), tragically lost his life while bravely defending Ukraine. Just a month ago, the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) was honoured to help Eduard and his battalion with non-lethal military aid, thanks to a request from … [Read more...]

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...]

Two iconic Melbourne film festivals will be showcasing Ukrainian films during July and August 2023 in Melbourne and online.  The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, one of the biggest showcases of documentaries in the Southern Hemisphere, will be screening A Rising Fury on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @8:15pm at Purple Palace in Cinema Nova.  The movie follows two … [Read more...]

The inaugural Ukrainian Cup, held on Sunday 16 July, was a fun-filled day which brought the Sydney and Newcastle communities together to play some football, raise money for Ukraine and celebrate everything blue and yellow! This year saw the Newcastle UA (Dynamo Newcastle) take on their Sydney UA friends in a match to raise much needed funds for the Australian … [Read more...]

Unissued Diplomas, an international exhibition honouring the memory of Ukrainian students whose lives were brutally taken by Russian aggression and will never graduate, will be opened at the University of Sydney, Chau Chak Wing Museum, on Thursday 20 July by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko.  Students featured include environmentalist Sem … [Read more...]

On Saturday 15 July in Canberra and Hobart, the Ukrainian community commemorated the 9th anniversary of the shooting down of commercial airline flight MH17 by Russian armed forces over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people, including 38 Australians.  The rallies achieved media coverage on SBS, Channel 9, Channel 10, WIN Canberra, Radio 2GB and 2CC, with over 200 … [Read more...]