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Thank you to the more than 1,000 people who stood with Ukraine at our 4 Year Full-Scale Invasion Commemoration yesterday, one of 1,065 commemorations held in 574 cities in 79 countries around the world. You can view a collection of images here.

For 4 years Ukraine has withstood a genocidal attack designed to destroy its very existence. In the last week russia has launched more than 1,300 attack drones against Ukraine, as well as 1,400 guided aerial bombs and 96 missiles. The number of russian war crimes registered over the last four years now exceeds 200,000. This is the real evil that Ukraine faces.

Despite facing such momentous evil, the Ukrainian people and their President have not, and will not, ever give up. Ukraine and Ukrainians have and will continue to defend their right to exist. Ukraine was, Ukraine is, and Ukraine will always be.

Ukrainian children need to be returned. Ukraine needs Russia to be held accountable for the death and destruction it has brought to Ukraine. Russian invaders need to be held to account for their crimes against humanity.

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 His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko (Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand), Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite (representing Foreign Minister Penny Wong), Minister Stephen Kamper (representing NSW Premier Chris Minns), Federal Senator Dave Sharma (representing Angus Taylor, Leader of the Opposition). Their strong words and messages of support were uplifting and greatly appreciated
💙💛 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
💙💛 Masters of Ceremony Nika Kovalenko and Anton Vitaliy
💙💛 Singers Liza Momot, Stefan Barchinsky and Julia Siedova
💙💛 Volunteers Olesia Gordienko, Ksenia Lozbina, Yana Kosenko who gathered $8,161 in donations for Warmth for Ukraine. These funds will be used to purchase a generator for those in need
💙💛 Volunteer Oksana Churikanova who worked with the children to decorate amulets of support to our soldiers on the front
💙💛 Ukrainian Women’s Association for their support in the children’s tent
💙💛 Mark Zarifeh and Maria Zarifeh for the loan of tents
💙💛 St Andrew’s Ukrainian School Sydney children for assisting with the Consular and Diplomatic Ceremony
💙💛 Representatives from NSW Consular and Diplomatic Corps from 19 countries
💙💛 The UCNSW Commemoration Organising Committee of Andrew Mencinsky, Olya Olkhovyk, Justin Senko, Anastasia Yuschenko, Anton Vitaliy, Marta Artemenko, Kateryna Argyrou and Maria Zarifeh
💙💛 Photographer Giovanni Portelli (full photo set available here
💙💛 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 Warmth for Ukraine at https://futureukraine.org.au/events/warmth-for-ukraine/
2. Defend Ukraine Appeal provides life-saving equipment to Ukrainian defenders including medical vehicles, body armour and surveillance equipment
3. Ukraine Crisis Appeal (https://www.ukrainecrisisappeal.org/) provides emergency humanitarian aid, medical aid, rehabilitation, trauma support programs, housing and ambulances

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