Progress report 5-11 May: Trip to Geelong – this weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting Geelong for the first time. I was honoured to be joined by our brave defenders Viktor “Blacksmith” and Nazar “Kapa”. Our Ukrainians in Geelong - Українці в Джілонґу community may be small, but they are mighty! Grateful to Mark Tkaczuk for helping organise a community meeting … [Read more...]

Thanks to the Ukraine Crisis Appeal and Rotary World Community Service (RAWCS) we collectively delivered a 50-tonne rescue crane to Ukraine, now with State Emergency Services (SESU) Odesa, ready to save lives! Named through competition across Ukrainian Ethnic Schools, ‘Faith U-Crane’ combines hope and strength – huge shoutout to winners Roman (Sydney) & Lara … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) stands with the global Ukrainian community in declaring May 9 as Russian Shame Day — a day to reject the Kremlin’s manipulation of history and expose the ongoing atrocities being committed by Russia in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an initiative led by the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), … [Read more...]

Dr Olga Boichak reviews on 'The Conversation' Sydney-based scholar and community member Dr Olga Boichak co-authors a sharp analysis of the recent US-Ukraine minerals deal. While some headlines claim Ukraine “caved” to Trump’s demands, Boichak argues Zelenskyy achieved a strategic win. The revised agreement secures US investment without sacrificing Ukraine’s sovereignty or … [Read more...]

On May 9, while the Kremlin celebrates its twisted narrative of WWII, we mark #RussianShameDay — a global call to expose truth, resist propaganda, and honour real victims of war and oppression. On May 8, Ukrainians around the world join many nations in honouring the memory of all the brave men and women who gave their lives to defeat Nazism’s brutal dictatorship in … [Read more...]