Diaspora

Ukrainians in the United States and Canada announced an international awareness campaign today, to mark the second anniversary of the Russian airstrike on the Mariupol Drama Theatre on March 16. Inspired by a mournful song written in reaction to the war crime, an ad hoc group of activists is enlisting the support of Ukrainian organizations, churches and schools to organize an international awareness campaign for Saturday, March 16, 2024. During the siege of Mariupol at the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the drama theater doubled as a bomb shelter and humanitarian aid distribution center and provided refuge to more than a 1,000 civilians. In a bid to keep them safe, the...

The League of Ukrainian Canadians condemns terrorist attack on Israel The League of Ukrainian Canadians (LUC), a member of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, condemns the barbaric, terrorist attack by Hamas against the people of Israel. We extend our deepest condolences to Israelis for the innocent lives lost and stand with the people of Israel as they seek to defend themselves. We will keep the Canadian-Jewish community in our thoughts and prayers at such a difficult time. We understand your pain and loss. The Ukrainian Canadian community will continue to stand...

The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) welcomes recent decisions of the Three Seas Initiative during the regional organization’s summit in Bucharest, Romania, on September 6-7, 2023. The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) member states have granted Ukraine and Moldova associated participating states status and reiterated their support for both countries on their accession path into the EU. The member states also reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, in the face of the devastating consequences of Russia’s brutal and genocidal war. “Ukraine’s integration into the Three Seas Initiative is one more step towards the country’s full-fledged EU membership and will have a far-reaching positive economic effect. The 3SI platform provides an opportunity and instruments to implemen...

On September 11 at 11:00 a.m. British FV432 armored personnel carriers will be handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Territorial Defense Forces. The vehicles were purchased by the Ukrainian World Congress with donor funds. The transfer of a total of 15 armored personnel carriers is planned. In addition, 10 trucks and 2 armored recovery vehicles restored for the front will also be delivered. The armored personnel carriers will be additionally equipped with night vision devices produced by a Ukrainian manufacturer, after which they will be sent to the front lines. During the event, media representatives will have the opportunity to ride inside the APCs and get comments on the peculiarities of the vehicles' operation and use. Participants and ...

The liberation of Crimea will destroy the system of Putin’s regime, Akhmed Zakayev, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria’s government-in-exile, said in an interview with 24 Channel. “Crimea is the Achilles heel of Putin’s regime, Crimea is the most painful issue for them… As soon as they lose it, it will be the collapse of his [Putin’s] system,” Zakayev said. In addition, only after the liberation of Crimea can we hope for the collapse of Russia, as well as the possible transformation of the Russian Federation into another state entity, the politician is convinced. “The war must go back to...

On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 12:30 in the afternoon, the Ukrainian heart of Larissa Lozynskyj Kyj stopped beating. Larissa succumbed to the serious illness that she battled for more than two years, the illness finally overcoming her strong will to live. During this serious illness, when one of the nurses asked Larissa what she desires most in her life, Larissa replied that her grandchildren speak Ukrainian. Larissa was an immigrant to America. In January 1951, she came by ship from Europe (she was born in Munich on March 17, 1950) together with her parents Maria Safian-Lozynskyj and Evhen Lozynsky. Her arrival was marked by the American press. A photo of the smiling but tearful face of the new immigrant graced the pages of American newspapers. Larissa combined the best...

President of the European Congress of Ukrainians Bohdan Rajcinec and President of the Union of Ukrainians in Portugal, Pavlo Sadokha, addressed an official letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who arrived in Portugal on April 21 for a five-day official visit. “Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, any fair peace agreement proposed by the Russian Federation will end up in concentration camps for the destruction of the Ukrainian nation with the silent symbol “Z”. We have already faced this situation in the last century during the Holodomor, organized by the communists of the USSR and then by the Nazis, who tried to exterminate all Ukrainians. We fought and survived,” reads the letter handed over at a personal meeting between Pavlo Sadokha and Minister of the Secretariat of the President of Brazil, Macio Macedo, and Brazilian Ambassador to Portugal, Raymund Silva. — “Ukrainians will never forget the brave...

Over 10,000 people came out in the blistering minus 10 degree weather to downtown Toronto to join our Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Toronto Branch’s “Mega March” on Feb. 24, 2023 marking the one year anniversary of Russia’s brutal, illegal and genocidal invasion of Ukraine. Honoured guest speakers included Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, Premier of Ontario Doug Ford, Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto Oleksandr Shevchenko , Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada Pierre Poilievre and Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie. It was an evening full of inspiration, hope and support... 

Dear Friends, McGill-Queen's University Press recently published Enemy Archives - a collection of primary documents on the experiences of the Ukrainian nationalist underground before, during, and after the Second World War. Volodymyr Viatrovych and Lubomyr Luciuk have carefully curated and annotated the documents shedding light on a wide range of experiences of the resistance movement of the OUN and UPA which lay the foundations for the continuing Ukrainian struggle against foreign domination. As we approach the one-year mark of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine which seeks to destroy its state and nation, we ask for your help in spreading awareness about Ukraine's liberation struggle. Please request your main public library and...

In its last week’s issue, Time published a special report on what was going on in the Ukrainian village of Yahidne, Chernihiv Oblast, during the nearly month-long occupation by the Russian invaders in March 2022 – “Inside the Basement Where an Entire Ukrainian Village Spent a Harrowing Month in Captivity.” The Ukrainian World Congress has already addressed the topic twice. In early August 2022, we published our own story on Yahidne, based on accounts given to Ukrainska Pravda. Zhyttya by two volunteers, Svitlana and Lilia, who had been caught up in the Russian offensive on their way home and had to remain in the village during its...