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Around Australia, the Ukrainian community will commemorate a bitter-sweet Ukrainian Independence Day on Thursday, 24 August (and over the following weekend) with street rallies, concerts, on-line auctions, global human chains, flag raisings, festivals, picnics, movie screenings and proud displays of Ukrainian culture, dance, song, music, clothes and food. Bipartisan … [Read more...]

The AFUO’s Ukraine Crisis Appeal is continuing its great work gathering critical medical and humanitarian aid to Ukraine by facilitating the provision of a mobile X-ray unit to be used on the front line.  Ms Diahanna Senko, the AFUO’s Humanitarian Aid Initiatives Director said today “We are very grateful to Dr Andrew Dobrotwir for his generous donation to purchase from … [Read more...]

Childhood, that precious time of life filled with laughter and safety, has been cruelly ripped away from Ukraine's children. The innocence of youth has been replaced by fear, loss, and haunting memories that will last a lifetime. The Ukraine Crisis Appeal has produced a moving and painful video which features Ukrainian children - explaining in their own words - how … [Read more...]

The AFUO warmly congratulates the Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, for the medal he has received from the Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov for his support for the brave defenders of Ukraine - the Armed Forces of Ukraine. AFUO Co-Chairs Stefan Romaniw OAM and Kateryna Argyrou said today “We salute that together with his Embassy … [Read more...]

The inaugural Ukrainian Cup, held on Sunday 16 July, was a fun-filled day which brought the Sydney and Newcastle communities together to play some football, raise money for Ukraine and celebrate everything blue and yellow! This year saw the Newcastle UA (Dynamo Newcastle) take on their Sydney UA friends in a match to raise much needed funds for the Australian … [Read more...]