Five young Ukrainian swimmers competing in the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) being held at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre between 13-18 December 2022 will be greeted by a sea of blue and yellow when they touch down at Melbourne airport tonight. Members of the Ukrainian-Australian community in Melbourne are preparing to greet the  swimmers at the … [Read more...]

Today on 6 December Ukrainians around the world observe the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine - encompassing Ground Forces, the Air Force, Special Operations, the Navy and all military personnel including the Territorial Defence Forces - have been tested this year like no other. They are doing the possible and the impossible. Facing a brutal, … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) and the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria (AUV) will tonight honour 48 Australians who have gone above and beyond to help displaced Ukrainians in Victoria by awarding them AFUO-AUV Good Samaritan plaques. "We want to acknowledge these compassionate Aussies. They have donated money, food, clothes, goods and … [Read more...]

Turn off. Donate. Support Life. The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has called on Australians to step into the shoes of millions of Ukrainians suffering without power by turning off their energy for an hour and providing life-saving help by donating to a generator fund for Ukraine. “Russia’s war of genocide has entered yet another cruel chapter. … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) stands with the families of victims of MH17, who this week received justice in a criminal court in the Netherlands with the finding that pro-Russian fighters, under the control of Moscow, shot down the commercial flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014. “We know that for the families, it has been eight years of deep … [Read more...]

The announcement by Australian billionaire businessman Andrew Forrest to invest $740 million into the post-war Ukrainian economy by seeding an investment fund which will seek to rebuild Ukraine’s shattered energy and communications infrastructure has been hailed by the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) as a ‘game-changer’. “Ukraine and Ukrainians know … [Read more...]

The Ukrainian community in Australia has warmly welcomed the donation by the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery’s Midwinter Ball of $100,000 to the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations’ (AFUO) charity, Ukraine Crisis Appeal (UCA), which will use the funds to refurbish a new shelter designed to house around 500 displaced men, women and children in Ukraine. “There … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) is urging displaced Ukrainians in Australia who have witnessed or experienced Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine to come forward and confidentially share their story with legal experts from Project Sunflower. Commissioned by the AFUO earlier this year, Project Sunflower will provide information collected from … [Read more...]

The decision by Putin to not attend the upcoming G20 summit in Indonesia and face the condemnation and isolation of other world leaders is no surprise according to the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO). “Putin is humiliated. His ‘three day war’ to invade and subjugate Ukraine has turned into a nine month battle, with Ukraine making significant advances … [Read more...]

The striking and unique art of emerging artist Maru Jarockyj, a Melbourne-based architect of Ukrainian heritage, will feature in a free exhibition titled UKR-DNA Ukrainian DNA at the City of Melbourne Library at the Dock between 7 December 2022 and 12 January 2023. In the exhibition Maru Jarockyj highlights the infusion of her Ukrainian heritage into linear blocks and … [Read more...]