AFUO Chair Kateryna Argyrou recently spoke with SBS Ukrainian about the initiatives the AFUO has been spearheading across advocacy, culture, and fundraising. Topics discussed included: The #StopFuellingrussiasWar campaign urging the closure of the blood oil sanctions loophole The #NoBloodInOurPool water polo campaign The AFUO National Ukrainian Film Festival … [Read more...]

A huge salute and warm congratulations to our Ukrainian women at the French Open! Our wonderful Marta Kostyuk has made history - becoming the first Ukrainian woman to reach a French Open semifinal in the Open Era. What an incredible run! Congratulations also to Elina Svitolina (quarterfinalist), Yuliia Starodubtseva, Oleksandra Oliynykova, Dayana Yastremska, and … [Read more...]

The AFUO’s #NoBloodInOurPool campaign continues to make headlines — yesterday in Daily Telegraph. We are grateful to Australian water polo legend and 3x Olympian Andrei 'Kova' Kovalenko for lending his voice to our campaign. Kova represented both Ukraine and Australia throughout his distinguished career, and currently trains the next generation of Australian water polo … [Read more...]

Thousands of Australian homes may be built with russian blood timber - unknowingly funding russia’s war against Ukraine Monday's The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age front-page report by Matthew Knott reveals that significant amounts of russian timber are entering Australia after being laundered through third countries - evading tariffs by exploiting the same loophole as … [Read more...]

Overnight on Tuesday, russia launched yet another record-breaking attack on homes, neighborhoods and innocent people across Ukraine. 656 strike drones; 73 ballistic, cruise and anti-ship missiles; as well as cluster bombs were unleashed on cities and regions throughout the country, with Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv being particularly hard hit. At least 23 people were killed, … [Read more...]