In mid November 2024, AFUO Co-Chair, Kateryna Argyrou, conducted high-level meetings and on the ground check-ins to survey the current situation, capabilities and feelings in Ukraine. Kateryna met with representatives from the Ministry of Defence, the National Guard of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kyiv State Administration, the Kyiv Institute of Rehabilitation … [Read more...]

In a special fundraising solo world tour ‘Help For Ukraine’, Slava Vakarchuk, Okean Elzy front man, visited Australia and sent warm wishes to Ukrainian defenders, alongside AFUO leadership & the Ukrainian-Australian diaspora! “I personally want to say that here in Australia, thousands of kilometres from Ukraine, people are thinking about us, they are helping, and are … [Read more...]

Earlier this week, members of the Ukrainian-Australian community performed traditional Ukrainian Christmas carols for an appreciative audience at Parliament House. For the first time ever, the sound of Ukrainian Christmas carols such as the Ukrainian “Carol of the Bells” (“Shchedryk“ or “Щедрик”) and “Good Evening to You” (“Добрий вечір тобі”) filled the halls of Parliament … [Read more...]

M1A1 Abrams tanks, destined for Ukraine, were paraded for the last time in Adelaide last week, with guests of honour including Frank Fursenko, President of the Association of Ukrainians in SA (AUSA) and Rev Father Evhen Kvasniuk. With a sizable crowd of 1,500 attendees, the RAAF Edinburgh Air Base celebrated the Cambrai Day Parade on Friday 22nd November to mark the 75th … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations extends our sincere gratitude to everyone who commemorated and spread awareness about the Great Ukrainian Famine - the Holodomor - on Holodomor Memorial Day on 23 November. The Ukrainian-Australian diaspora and supporters gathered in major cities around the country and internationally to solemnly mark 91 years … [Read more...]

On 19 November, Australia joined the world in marking 1,000 days since russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In major cities around the country, hundreds gathered to show support, resilience and unity. Over 12,000km from Ukraine, Australia showed clearly that distance is no obstacle to demonstrating solidarity with Ukraine. Distance is also no protection from … [Read more...]

In a powerful interview on ABC News last week, AFUO Co-Chair Kateryna Argyrou spoke about her recent visit to Ukraine and strongly endorsed the decision by the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike military targets inside russian territory. As explained by Kateryna, the decision was a ‘long time coming’ and had been … [Read more...]

On 23 November, Ukrainians around the world will commemorate the 91st anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine - the 1932-33 Holodomor (death by hunger). The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Ukraine, orchestrated by the Soviet dictator Stalin and the Government of the USSR, which sought to break resistance to Soviet rule and eliminate the Ukrainian people as a national … [Read more...]

As advised by the Ukrainian World Congress - Свiтовий Конґрес Українців, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posthumously awarded our dear Stefan Romaniw OAM (1955-2024), AFUO Co-Chair and First Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, IV Class. The prestigious Order is awarded for distinguished service to the … [Read more...]

A special evening honouring the literary and musical traditions of Ukraine, will be paying tribute to Victoria Amelina (1986-2023), a courageous Ukrainian novelist and russian war crimes investigator who was killed in a russian missile attack, as well as Maksym Kryvtsov (1990-2024) and Hlib Babich (1969-2022), two Ukrainian poet-soldiers who were killed on the front line … [Read more...]