On 17 September 2022, the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) held a visa workshop with Refugee Legal, Australia’s largest provider of free specialist legal assistance to people seeking asylum, refugees and disadvantaged migrants. Thank you to community representatives from VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, WA, and ACT for attending. Meeting notes can be found … [Read more...]

Julian Knysh, an Australian Ukrainian documentary film maker currently in Ukraine documenting the war and its effect on people, has conducted an exclusive, historic and rare war time interview with Oleh Sentsov, award-winning Ukrainian film-maker, activist, soldier and former political prisoner of the Russian secret service for five years. The interview was recorded to … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has strongly condemned Putin’s partial mobilisation, anti-Western rhetoric and nuclear sabre-rattling yesterday as a reckless escalation of Russia’s war on Ukraine, and urged Western nations, including Australia, to stay the course. Mr Stefan Romaniw, AFUO Co-Chair said “Putin is humiliated and desperate. He has … [Read more...]

In response to the war in Ukraine which commenced on 24 February 2022, approximately $20 million of medical aid has been sent to support the sick and injured via a supply chain created by the International Coordination of Medical Aid for Ukraine (ICMAU), a subcommittee of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO). Medical supplies have been generously … [Read more...]

More than a thousand rockets and bombs are dropped on Ukraine every day, destroying homes and killing hundreds of people. Even if people survive, they lose their homes and all their processions. They become known as IDPs  (Internally Displaced People). If they do not get help, they have no choice but to remain in areas under constant bombardment. To meet IDP’s need for … [Read more...]