The Ukraine Crisis Appeal, Australia’s largest tax-deductible fundraising effort for Ukraine, is asking Australians not to forget Ukraine as the brutal Russian invasion continues into its fourth month, causing immeasurable destruction and suffering for millions of innocent Ukrainian men, women and children.  “I have just come back from visiting war-torn areas of Ukraine - … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) is extremely disappointed that Woollahra Council has decided to stop the renaming process for the address of the Russian Consulate in Sydney from Fullerton St to Ukraine St, Woollahra, but is encouraged by the Council’s continued public support for Ukraine.  The decision at the Council’s 14 June meeting was made … [Read more...]

The support of Australian businesses has been crucial in providing extra assistance for displaced Ukrainians arriving in Australia, with a $100,000 donation from Australian property fund managers, Fawkner Property, kick-starting a fund established by the Australian-Ukrainian community to assist Ukrainians fleeing the devastation and brutality of the Russian invasion of their … [Read more...]

Australian-Ukrainian communities marched on the weekend to commemorate 100 days since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, calling on the world to not forget the war still raging in their homeland and urging the continued provision of critical military and humanitarian assistance to defend and rebuild areas devastated by Russian artillery … [Read more...]

The Association of Ukrainians in Tasmania and the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations have been greatly saddened to learn about the death of Tasmanian man, Mr Michael O’Neill, who has been killed whilst helping to transport injured and wounded, including civilians, from the front line of the war against Russian forces in Ukraine. The Tasmanian and Australian … [Read more...]

The Western Australian Government has donated $500,000 to help the people of Ukraine as they deal with the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion. The donation to the Ukraine Crisis Appeal, partnered with Rotary Australia World Community Services and Caritas Ukraine, was delivered through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, and will … [Read more...]

Following on from protests by Sydney-based Australian Ukrainians outside the Hungarian consulate in Sydney, the AFUO has written to the Embassy of Hungary to protest Hungary’s actions in blocking the European Union’s oil and gas embargo on Russia. See full text of the letter here … [Read more...]