Thank you to the 1,500 people who stood with Ukraine at our 3 Year Full-Scale Invasion Commemoration! Thank you for the strong words of support from Premier Minns and the strong bipartisan support from Federal Parliamentarians present!

For 3 years Ukraine has withstood the most horrific military attack in Europe’s modern history and three years of a total war. 267 drone attacks two nights ago, in 2024 1,300 drone strikes, 250 missiles at Kyiv alone, and over the last three years 147,000 russian war crimes have been registered in Ukraine. Despite this, the Ukrainian people and their President refused to give in. Nobody can force Ukraine to give up. Ukraine and Ukrainians will defend their right to exist. Ukraine was, Ukraine is, and Ukraine will be.

The Ukrainian Council of NSW would like to thank the following people/organisations for their support and efforts in delivering our event yesterday.

His Eminence Mykola Cardinal Bychok, Bishop for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, accompanied by clergy from St. Mary’s Cathedral, the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

VIP Speakers Premier Chris Minns, His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko (Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand), Matt Thistlethwaite (representing Foreign Minister Penny Wong), David Coleman (Shadow Foreign Minister), Major General (Ret.) Mick Ryan, AM, Federal Senators Deborah O’Neill and Dave Sharma. Their strong words and messages of support were uplifting and greatly appreciated

Our brave soldier Nazar («Kapa»)

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations and the Ukrainian World Congress

The Dean and Staff of St. Mary’s Cathedral

The City of Sydney

The NSW Government for your support for displaced Ukrainians

The NSW Parliamentarians who stood with the crowd

The Federal Government for your bipartisan support for Ukraine

The soldiers on the front line who recorded messages of “Thank You Australia”

Masters of Ceremony Alina Malyk and Anton Vitaliy

Singers Larysa Kovalchuk and Teresa Huzij

Kateryna Kyrychenko for the moving tribute “Eternal Voices” to Ihor Tkachuk, to those who are no longer with us and to those who continue the fight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pL7TRWOVeg

Volunteers Yulia Pobihailenko, Anastasia Romanenko, Yana Kosenko, Olesia Gordienko, Anastasiia Marchyshak and Isabelle Liddy who gathered $8,218 in donations for Defend Ukraine Appeall. These funds will be used to purchase one night reconnaissance drone and one day reconnaissance drone for our soldiers on the front

Volunteers Galia Faskhutdinova, Emilia Kalinchuk, Tetiana Kulbakha and Anastasia Mykytiuk who worked with the children to write letters to our soldiers on the front

Mark Zarifeh and Maria Zarifeh for the loan of tents plus free “Uki Cookies” for donations

St Andrew’s Ukrainian School Sydney children for assisting with the Consular Ceremony

Representatives from NSW Consular Corps from 16 countries

The UCNSW Commemoration Organising Committee of Andrew Mencinsky, Olya Olkhovyk, Justin Senko, Anastasia Marchyshak, Anton Vitaliy, Marta Artemenko, Kateryna Argyrou and Bohdan Wolodymyriw

Photographer Giovanni Portelli (full photo set available at https://photos.app.goo.gl/psxqeHFERGYfNMNt6)

The people of Ukraine, whose resistance, courage, strength and resilience continues to serve as an inspiration to us all

How can you help support Ukraine?

⁠Make a donation to one of our community-run charities:

1. Donate to Nazar’s rehabilitation at https://futureukraine.org.au/…/help-a-21-year-old…/

2. Defend Ukraine Appeal provides life-saving equipment to Ukrainian defenders including medical vehicles, body armour and surveillance equipment

3. Ukraine Crisis Appeal provides emergency humanitarian aid, medical aid, rehabilitation, trauma support programs, housing and ambulances

Слава Україні! Героям Слава!

До Перемоги!