The AFUO Newsroom offers a curated collection of media content showcasing the AFUO and members of the Australian-Ukrainian community. Much of this content has been generated by the AFUO, demonstrating how both the AFUO and community members have secured robust media coverage for Ukraine, along with significant community events and milestones.
Additionally, the Newsroom features key media pieces from influential figures, including the Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia, H.E. Vasyl Myroshnychenko, and other strong supporters of our community and Ukraine.

Ukraine’s ambassador heads to Perth as the war-torn country sets its sights on Australia’s highly sought-after minerals, 7NEWS, 22 March 2025
Andrew Bolt on warnings that Putin is ‘playing’ Trump, with Michael Lawriwsky, Sky News Australia, 18 March 2025
Paul Grod and Kateryna Argyrou on ABC News Breakfast, 14 March 2025
Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko speaks to Patricia Karvelas, ABC Afternoon Briefing, 14 March 2025
Kateryna Argyrou, Co chair AFUO, speaks to BBC World Service, 7 March 2025

Zelensky ‘strongly thanks’ Albanese for backing Ukraine, Opinion piece by Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ukrainian Ambassador, Australian Financial Review, 5 March 2025
Ukraine’s ambassador ‘hopeful’ relationship with US can be salvaged, ABC Radio Melbourne, 3 March 2025
Chrestyna Kmetj, AFUO Board member, comment on Oval Office attack on President Zelenskyy, ABC Radio Melbourne, 3 March 2025
Kateryna Argyrou, AFUO Co-Chair, speaks to Bill Crews, Sunday Night Crews, 4BC, 2 March 2025
Australian Ukrainians respond to President Trump Oval Office meeting with President Zelenskyy, SBS World News, 1 March 2025
Interview with Kateryna Argyrou, ABC News Radio, 24 February 2025
3 Year Commemoration of russia’s full-scale invasion, Channel 9 News, 24 February 2025
3 Year Commemoration of russia’s full-scale invasion, SBS TV News, 24 February 2025
3 Year Commemoration of russia’s full-scale invasion, WIN TV Canberra, 24 February 2025
3 Year Commemoration of russia’s full-scale invasion, Channel 7 News, 6pm, 24 February 2025

Russia-Ukraine war: Soldier in Sydney for treatment after drone attack, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February 2025
3 Year Commemoration of russia’s full-scale invasion, Channel 7 Nightly NEws Tasmania, 22 February 2025
Has Trump sold out Ukraine? Vasyl Myroshnychenko on David Speers, Insiders: On Background podcast, 22 February 2025
Kateryna Argyrou, AFUO Co-Chair, and Anna-Mariia Mykytiuk talk to ABC PM radio program regarding their fears about possible Trump ‘peace’ plan, 17 February 2025

Chrestyna Kmetj, AFUO Board member, on the The Briefing podcast re Trump’s announcement about ‘peace negotiations’, 14 February 2025
Andrew Mencinsky, UCNSW, speaks to Network Ten News about Trump’s discussions with putin, 14 February 2025
Chrestyna Kmetj, AFUO Board member, talking about Kokkinakis playing tennis in russia, ABC Radio, Melbourne Mornings, 24 January 2024
SBS News segment about Oscar Jenkins, 15 January 2025
Release of Ukrainian POWs – Interview with Kateryna Argyrou, ABC News TV, 31 December 2024

Russia urged to act lawfully after video purportedly shows Australian man fighting for Ukraine captured, The Guardian, 23 December 2024
Kateryna Argyrou speaks about capture of Oscar Jenkins, SBS TV News, 23 December 2024

Toorak cricket club to Ukraine war zone: Russia takes Aussie prisoner, Australian Financial Review, 23 December 2024

Australia to reopen embassy in Ukraine as its total support for country surpasses $1.5bn, The Guardian, 19 December 2024

After 562 days of brutal torture, a soldier wasn’t prepared for what was waiting at Sydney Airport, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December 2024
From Byron Bay to Lviv: The generous Aussies doing their bit to save lives of Ukrainians, News.com.au, 24 November 2024
Olya Olkhovyk at last week’s 1,000 Days Rally, ABC News Radio, 19 November 2024
Ukrainian community rallies for 1000 days of war, SBS TV News, 19 November 2024
Kateryna Argyrou, AFUO Co-Chair, on ABC News, 18 November 2024

‘Help end the war’: Ukraine Ambassador to Australia discusses Trump presidency, Vasyl Myrochnychenko, Sky News, 18 November 2024
Ukrainian community gathers in Sydney to celebrate Government’s offer of permanent residency, SBS TV News, 27 October 2024

Are North Korean recruits fighting for Russia?, Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative talks with Steve Cannane on ABC RN Breakfast, 21 October 2024
AFUO’s Kateryna Argyrou speaks to ABC News about decision to provide Abrams tanks to Ukraine, ABC News, 17 October 2024
Interview with Bishop Mykola Bychok (audio), Radio 3AW Melbourne, 15 October 2024
Melbourne-based Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Mykola Bychok announced as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, 7NEWS, 14 October 2024
Ukrainian refugees have hope after HSC, 9NEWS, 13 October 2024

First press conference of cardinal-designate Bishop Mykola Bychok held in Melbourne, catholicukes.au, 14 October 2024

Mykola Bychok: Australia’s newest Catholic cardinal breaks his silence on Pope’s decision, Chris Reason, The Nightly, 14 October 2024
Combat soldier who lost both legs in Ukraine war flown to Sydney for life-changing surgery, 7NEWS, 11 October 2024

Ukraine has its back to the wall. Time for Australia to step in, David Axe, The Telegraph, 26 September 2024
AFUO Co-chair Kateryna Argyrou appearing on The Project, Network 10, 24 September 2024

Opinion: Australia’s treating the world’s most important conflict with indifference, George Brandis, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 September 2024

Aussies Call for ‘Dog’s Breakfast’ on Ukraine Support to Be Cleaned Up, Pete Shmigel, Kyiv Post, 21 September 2024

Ukraine fury as Australia offloads military gear, Matthew Knott, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 September 2024 (interview with Kateryna Argyrou, AFUO co chair)
Yuri Sak, former adviser to Ukraine’s Defence Minister and current adviser to the Minister of Strategic Industries, talks to ABC Radio National, 11 September 2024

Ukrainian MP Yulia Klymenko urges Australia to reopen embassy and rally support for long-range strikes, The Nightly, 5 September 2024
Ruslana Danilkina on SBS World News, 1 September 2024
Ukrainian refugees fear they may have to leave Australia, ABC News, 29 August 2024

The US wants to avoid World War III, so Ukraine has no choice but attack, Mick Ryan, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 2024
Larissa Kovalchuk Sings Caccini & Vavilov’s Ave Maria | The Blind Auditions | The Voice Australia, 27 August 2024
Ukrainian Independence Day 2024 in Australia, SBS TV World News, 24 August 2024
Australia’s Ukrainian community marking the country’s Independence Day, 7NEWS, 24 August 2024

Ukraine urges against repeat of Taipan helicopter farce, Ben Packham, The Australian, 22 August 2024
Surprise attack into Russia gives Ukraine a very important moral boost, Dr Yuri Sak, Sky News Australia, 17 August 2024

The russian-Ukrainian War: “NATO-Fault” Thesis Proponents Can’t Explain Why it’s Genocidal, Dr Michael Lawriwsky, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Australian Outlook, 13 August 2024

‘The war is not finished’: Ukrainians urge more support, Jacob Shteyman, Australian Associated Press, August 3, 2024

Stefan Romaniw: Enemy of Putin’s Russia a devoted friend to all others, The Australian, 13 July 2024
Stefan Romaniw…, SBS World News, 26 June 2024

Forged in Blood: Ukraine’s admiration for Australia, Vasyl Miroshnychenko, The Advertiser, 4 June 2024
Kateryna Argyrou, AFUO Co-Chair, on ABC, ABC News, 4 May 2024
Ukrainian group condemns Western Australian councillor’s praise for Russia’s elections, ABC News, 2 April 2024
Ukrainians celebrating Easter, Channel 9 News, 31 March 2024
Ukrainians celebrating Easter, SBS News, 31 March 2024
Ukrainians celebrating Easter, ABC News, 31 March 2024
About Ukraine and Sydney’s Ukifest, ABC News, 17 March 2024
About Ukraine and Sydney’s Ukifest, Channel 10 News, 17 March 2024

Historical myths caused the Russian-Ukrainian War, not NATO, Dr Michael Lawriwsky, The Australian, 9-10 March 2024

Ukraine pleads with Australia to remove red tape holding back aid, David Crowe and Andrew Probyn, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 2024
Ukraine community urges Defence Minister Richard Marles to visit Kyiv and lead ‘whole of government’ assistance effort, Andrew Greene, ABC TV and online, 28 February 2024
Ukraine is seeking further military support from its allies including Australia, ABC News, 24 February 2024
Rallies to commemorate for two years since russia’s invasion of Ukraine, SBS News, 24 February 2024

‘Putin senses weakness’: Two years in, Russia is on the march, Kateryna Argyrou in the Australian Financial Review, 23 February 2024

The Ukrainians left in limbo two years on, ABC JJJ Hack, featuring Kateryna Argyrou, 22 February 2024
Displaced Ukrainians face visa challenges – Natalia Borodina, Channel 7 Late News, 22 February 2024
Last-ditch offer to divert Taipan helicopters from being scrapped to help Ukraine, Andrew Greene, ABC News, 7 February 2024
Australian helicopter graveyard buried as landfill, Chris Reason, 7 News Australia, 1 February 2024
Matter of survival’: Ukraine requests urgent coal shipment from Australia, Sky News, 27 January 2024
No explanation for Government’s stupidity, Andrew Bolt, Sky News, 23 January 2024

Coalition says Labor is a weak horse for ignoring Ukraine’s chopper plea, Joe Kelly, The Australian, 18 Jan 2024

Albanese needs to stop dithering over Ukraine aid, Andrew Tillett, Australian Financial Review, 18 January 2024

MRH-90 Choppers: Ukraine Launches ‘Charm Offensive’ To Acquire ‘Defunct’ Taipan Helos From Australia, The Eurasian Times, 16 January 2024
Protesters call on Government to send its retired helicopters to Ukraine instead of scrapping them for parts, ABC TV News, 14 January 2024
Australian Ukrainian community celebrating Christmas, SBS News, 7 January 2024

Please don’t forget about Ukraine. This war is about Australia too. Vasyl Miroshnichenko, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 2023
People of Ukraine celebrating Christmas on December 25, SBS News, 25 December 2023

Рік 2023-ій минає. Лише дещо до підсумків із життя-буття українців поза Україною, SBS Ukrainian, 22 December 2023
Boris Johnson in Sydney, 7NEWS, 13 December 2023

Have our Bushmasters helped the Ukrainians? I asked Hannah Hurava, Chris Uhlmann, Sydney Mornng Herald, 8 December 2023

Yevhen Zubritsky, coach of the U14 Kyiv Rhinos, talks about his love of the game and the importance of sport to his players, NRL.com, 8 December 2023
Chris Uhlmann’s special report on the Ukraine war, 9 News Australia, 8 December 2023

She once won Eurovision. Now in Sydney, she’s wanted by Russia, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 November 2023
Ukraine POW, former army medic Yulia ‘Taira’ Paievska describes horror torture in speech to Sydney paramedics, News.com.au, 22 November 2023
Interview with Andrew Mencinsky, Vice President of the Ukrainian Council of NSW, about death of Australian soldier in Ukraine, as well as visa matters, ABC News Radio, 21 November 2023

Ukrainian singer appeals to Australia to help her country, The Daily Telegraph/Herald Sun, 20 November 2023

Ukraine’s Mental Health: Robust But Care Needed, Say Expert Psychiatrists, Kyiv Post, 15 November 2023
Oksana Senyk and Nataliya Grinko, visiting Ukrainian mental health experts, talk to Paul Culliver, ABC Newcastle, 15 November 2023
Deniliquin farmer inspires sister city agreement with war-torn Lozova in eastern Ukraine, ABC News, 31 October 2023
South Australian woman Diane Howarth is raising funds to rebuild Ukrainian schools that have been destroyed by the Russian invasion, The Advertiser, 2 October 2023

‘Only missiles fly, not planes’: Ukrainian scientists make perilous journey to Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 September 2023
Ukrainian Family Fun Day, SBS News, 17 September 2023

From the back of a Bushmaster in Donetsk, soldiers fire off urgent plea to Albanese, Liam Mendes, The Australian, 16-17 September 2023

Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia meets with treasury officials to discuss tax treaty, The Australian, 13 September 2023
An inspiration for ‘Demons’ from more than 15000 km away, 7NEWS, 13 September 2023
Powerful video about 20,000 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia, 13 September 2023

‘Overjoyed’: Heartwarming update on nine-year-old Demons fan from Ukraine, Neil Mitchell, 3AW, September 8, 2023
9-year-old Max from Lviv loves Aussie Rules!, 7NEWS, 7 September 2023

Push for Canberra to label the Wagner Group a terrorist organisation, The Australian, 7 September 2023
Ukrainian refugees from Russian invasion ‘in limbo’ without visa support, aid groups warn, ABC Online, 2 September 2023

Australian High-Tech Cardboard Drones ‘Used in Spectacular Strike on Russian Airfield’, Kyiv Post, 29 August 2023
Kateryna Ilnystki speaks about her brave father, Channel 7 News, 24 August 2023

Further sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Senator Penny Wong media release, 20 July 2023
Ukrainian community comes together on the football field to help Ukraine, NBN News, 16 July 2023
MH17 remembered, Channel 9 News, 15 July 2023
Rallies commemorate 9th anniversary of MH17 in Australia, SBS TV News, 15 July 2023
Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko claims Ukraine’s exclusion from NATO alliance the sole reasons for Russian invasion, Sky News, July 12, 2023
Is Vladimir Putin’s power coming to an end?, 60 Minutes Australia, 3 July 2023

‘You will send more?’ Ukrainians want Australia’s Bushmasters, Misha Zelensky, Australian Financial Review, 2 July 2023
Penny Wong should visit Ukraine – Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko, ABC TV, Insiders program, 2 July 2023
Ex-Putin adviser and Ukraine defence chief Yurii Sak go head to head, Erin Molan, Sky News, 1 July 2023

Prime Minister pledges ‘absolute junk’ to aid Ukraine in fight against Russia, Sky News, 26 June 2023
Daryna Povorozniuk fled Ukraine when she was heavily pregnant, but has found safety and support in Brisbane, ABC News, 18 June 2023

Ukraine’s plea for Hawkei vehicles ‘unsupportable at
this time’, government letter says, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 2023

Bushmasters are playing a ‘very important role’ in Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russia, Sky News, 13 June 2023
Australian Bushmasters in demand on Ukrainian frontline, ABC News, 13 June 2023
7:30 report about Nova Kakhovka dam disaster, ABC News, 12 June 2023
Australia’s Bushmasters to play ‘huge role’ in Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia, troops say, ABC News, 12 June 2023
Nation-wise rallies condemn russian explosion of Kakhovka dam, SBS World News, 11 June 2023

Українська громада згуртувaлcя та встановилa акваріум на сходах будівлі австралійського парламенту, щоб продемонструвати руйнування каховської дамби, Український погляд, 9 June 2023
Highlights video from the AFUO / Embassy of Ukraine to Australia / Humanity for Freedom Sydney screening of ‘Superpower’ – a moving new documentary by Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman about President Zelenskyy, AFUO, 7 June 2023
10 News First Melbourne, 30 May 2023
9 News Melbourne, 30 May 2023
Larissa Kovalchuk plays the bandura, ABC Arts, 26 May 2023

Kateryna Argyrou, AFUO Co-Chair, Why Australia should pledge more for Ukraine, ABC TV, 30 April 2023
Calls for more Australian military support for Ukraine, SBS News, 29 April 2023
Ukrainian soldiers send thanks to Australia on ANZAC Day, 7NEWS, 24 April 2023
NRL Day for displaced Ukrainians, Footy Show, Channel 9, 23 April 2023
Peta Credlin rubbishes ADF’s ‘BS’ reason Ukraine can’t have Hawkei armoured vehicles, Sky News, 18 April 2023
Interview with Kateryna Argyrou, ABC TV, 17 April 2023
Displaced Ukrainians living in Australia celebrate Orthodox Easter for last time, ABC News, 17 April 2023
Defence blames braking fault in Hawkei armoured vehicles for reluctance to supply Ukraine, The Australian, 17 February 2023
Orthodox Easter: Plea for Peace, ABC News, 16 April 2023

Ukraine refugee awarded University of Sydney MBA scholarship, The University of Sydney News, 3 April 2023
Lithuanian Independence Day in Sydney, SBS World News, 12 March 2023
Australia reflects on the lives lost in Ukraine, one year after Russia began the war, 7NEWS, 26 February 2023

From bombs exploding outside their window to planning a healthy sausage business for Aussies: How Ukrainian mum hopes to one day see her husband again after she and her kids fled the war-torn nation for peace, Daily Mail, Australia, 26 February 2023
Interview with Galiya Faskhutdynova, Hanna Zyryanova, Olesia Gordienko, Channel 7 News, 26 February 2023
Sydney Opera House supports Ukraine, 7NEWS, 25 February 2023
Ukraine marks its survival on the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, 7NEWS, 25 February 2023

Ukrainians in Darwin assembled at Parliament House to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of their homeland, NT News, 25 February 2023
Chrestyna Kmetj speaks to Raf Epstein about Melbourne 24 February event, ABC Radio Melbourne, 24 Feb 2023
ABC News interviews Tetiana Pyshna, ABC News, 24 February 2023
Sasha Masyuk and family, Channel 9, Today Show, 24 February 2023
Interview with Tanya Dus, Ukrainian-Australian Director of Psychiatry, RPA Hospital, ABC News Radio, 24 February 2023
Ukraine war one year on: Refugees in Australia lament ‘broken lives’ but hope for liberation, 9NEWS, 24 February 2023
Ukrainian refugees building new lives in Australia | The Drum | ABC News, 24 February 2023
Vladyslava has a new home and life in Australia after fleeing Ukraine — but her parents stayed, ABC News, 24 February 2023
Ukraine War Refugees Reflect On One Year Of Russian Invasion Ukraine war refugees (Anastasiia Romanenko and Angelina Samko), Channel 10 News, 24 February 2023
Video address of Olena Zelenska for Australia, 24 February 2023
Inspiring stories from Ukraine: Tetyana and Anastasia Pyshna / Inna Ilienko and Andriy, Channel 7 Sunrise, 23 February 2023

EU, Ukraine ambassadors mark anniversary of Russian
invasion of Ukraine with joint statement, The Canberra Times, 22 February 2023

Unbroken: Ukrainians in our community reflect on a year of grief, unity and remarkable achievement, Wentworth Courier, 15 February 2023

‘Inaction supports Putin’s escalation’: World must keep standing up to Russia, historian says, SMH/The Age, 5 February 2023
Accommodation difficulties for displaced Ukrainians, 7NEWS, 3 February 2023
Australia Day 2023, AFUO, 30 January 2023
Australia Day Ferrython – Sydney Harbour, ABC TV, 26 January 2023
CNN International coverage of MalankaFest, 19 January 2023

Thousands of miles from home, Ukrainians celebrate new beginnings in Australia, CNN, 19 January 2023
Displaced Ukrainians go sailing in Melbourne, ABC TV, 15 January 2023
Ukraine will celebrate Orthodox Christmas ‘on guard’, Sky News, 7 January 2023
Displaced by war, this Ukrainian family is celebrating Orthodox Christmas in Australia for the first time (VIDEO), SBS News, 7 January 2023
Bondi Bathers Surf Life Saving Club provides an iconic Christmas experience to displaced Ukrainian children, A Current Affair, 23 December 2022
Displaced Ukrainian families face first Christmas in Australia without loved ones still at war, ABC News, 22 December 2022
Aussie Christmas for Ukrainians, ABC News, 22 December 2022
Sydney Water Safety Program for Ukrainians, SBS World News, 22 December 2022
Ukrainian Christmas party at Ukrainian Youth Centre, Lidcombe, SBS News, 10 December 2022

Ukrainians angry at Hoyts over Russian film festival that claims to show ‘Russia isn’t so far away’, The Guardian, 9 December 2022
Holodomor Commemoration Video, AFUO, 7 December 2022

Australian aid is funding emergency generators and housing for millions of Ukrainians as winter descends, SBS News, 5 December 2022
Ukrainian Ambassador Responds to Missile Attacks / Ukraine Undefeated Holodomor Exhibition (Woolahra Redleaf Gallery, NSW), 7NEWS, 24 November 2022
‘My Dream’: Ukrainian Refugee Earns Spot at Conservatorium High School, Sky News Australia, 20 November 2022

“My heart was thumping, praying I didn’t hear any loud bangs”: Pixie Shmigel on fleeing Ukraine, Missing Perspective, 7 November 2022
Giant Ukrainian flag at Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, SBS News, 5 November 2022

Ukrainian-Australian rallies in support of Ukraine after missile strikes, Kateryna Argyrou, Interview on ABC News Channel, 11 October 2022
Ukrainian-Australian rallies in support of Ukraine after missile strikes, SBS World News, 11 October 2022
Ukrainian-Australian rallies in support of Ukraine after missile strikes, ABC News, 11 October 2022

Ukrainian-Australian rallies in support of Ukraine after missile strikes, The Guardian, 11 October 2022 (follow the link then scroll down a bit)

Wollongong Ukrainian community host cyclists following UCI road race, The Illawarra Mercury, 29 September 2022

100th birthday of Pani Klara Djachenko, survivor of both Soviet & Nazi regimes, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 2022
100th birthday of Pani Klara Djachenko, survivor of both Soviet & Nazi regimes, originally tweeted by Sunrise (@sunriseon7) on September 14, 2022
A special address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, to the Lowy Institute, Australia, 6 October 2022
SBS World News – Displaced Ukrainians in Sydney, the Kaletsky family, honour Father’s Day without their father, husband and son-in-law, 4 September 2022 – Father’s Day Australia