The AFUO is shocked and disappointed that Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis recently traveled to russia to lend his star power and credibility to a russian tennis tournament. The event was sponsored by Gazprom, a state-owned oil and gas company which feeds the russian war machine and was sanctioned by the Australian Government in April 2022 following the … [Read more...]

Christmas presents arrive in Ukraine, as part of Future Ukraine Be Their Santa campaign! Thank you for your donations! Last month, the AFUO’s Future Ukraine set up a Christmas fundraiser for the children of brave defenders who have unfortunately lost their lives while protecting their families and homeland from russia’s illegal war. Thanks to your generous donations, … [Read more...]

On 19 January, a special meet-and-greet with one of Ukraine’s most prominent tennis stars, Marta Kostyuk, was organised in Melbourne, during her stay at the Australian Open 2025. In attendance were representatives from the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania - Bishop Mykola Cardinal Bychok, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church … [Read more...]

In an interview with SBS Ukrainian radio reporter Oksana Holovko-Mazur, Kateryna Argyrou reflects on the past year for Ukraine and the support provided by our Ukrainian-Australian community. Topics of discussion included: Granting of RoS (Resolution of Status) visa for 786 Ukrainian visa holders Humanitarian aid (Ukraine Crisis Appeal) Rebuilding Ukraine (Future … [Read more...]

Join your local community to celebrate Ukrainian Day of Unity on 22 January, when Ukrainians around the world will celebrate the day on which Ukraine declared itself a free and united sovereign state in 1919. On January 22, 1919, on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv, the ‘Act of Unification’ of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Western Ukrainian People's Republic … [Read more...]

A heartfelt reunion in Australia for three sisters separated by russia’s war on their homeland – Sydney-based Ukrainian community members, Kateryna and Valentyna, and their sister Liza, a brave combat medic from the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. In May 2023, the AFUO’s Defend Ukraine Appeal delivered a thermal drone to Liza’s unit, via a community-grant request … [Read more...]

We warmly welcome Ukrainian tennis players Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremska, Yuliia Starodubtseva, Daria Snigur, Anhelina Kalinina, Anastasiia Sobolieva, sisters Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok, and junior Nikita Bilozertsev to our Aussie shores. Congratulations to Marta, Elina and Dayana for reaching the third round of the Australian Open … [Read more...]

The Australian Ukrainian community is shocked at increasing media reports that Oscar Jenkins has been killed whilst being held as a prisoner of war by Russia and urges the Australian Government to respond with full force if reports are true. “Based on mounting reporting, Oscar Jenkins appears to have been deliberately killed by Russian soldiers while being held as … [Read more...]

Join the Ukrainian Council of NSW - ОУГ НПВ and NSW Multicultural Affairs Minister Steve Kamper at an exclusive screening of "Da Vinci" at NSW Parliament House, 12 Feb 2025 NSW Parliament House, 6 Macquarie St, Sydney Wednesday February 12, 6:15pm (refreshments 5:30pm) https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1335412 Documentary film "Da Vinci" explores the life of … [Read more...]

An Australian-Ukrainian made film ‘The Way Home’, about the 1932-33 Holdomor-Genocide, will be premiered on Sunday 19 January at the 34th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival at Bondi Beach, Sydney.  Directed by Australian-Ukrainian independent documentary filmmaker Stefan Bugryn, The Way Home tells the story of Maxim, a Ukrainian peasant farmer, who rebels … [Read more...]