Author: Andrew Nynka

NEW YORK and PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Penny Pritzker, the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, doesn’t mince words about the need for immediate congressional action in providing military and economic aid to Ukraine, which in turn upgrades and strengthens U.S. defense capabilities both at home and abroad. “Ukrainians were forced to withdraw from Avdiyivka...

MOUNT PARASHKA, Ukraine – Amid a bright blue sky and freshly fallen snow, a group of hikers, mountaineers and members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organiza­tion made their way up Mount Parashka in the Carpathian Mountains on November 25 to officially open a shelter that was both a tribute to and a dying wish of a...

UNA donation funds attendance for children displaced by war KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Held this past summer at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center in Kerhonkson, N.Y., two sessions of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Camp hosted more than 100 participants, and among them were refugees from war-ravaged Ukraine who were able to take part in the camp thanks in part to a donation from the Ukrainian National Association that paid for their room and board. The two Ukrainian Dance Camps for children aged 8-16 (first session: July 23-August 5; and second session August 6-19) were run by camp director Ania Bohachevsky…

WALTHAM, Mass. – The National Hockey League’s (NHL) New Jersey Devils announced that they will host their annual Ukrainian Heritage Night on October 29 during the team’s 5 p.m. game against the Minnesota Wild. The event will feature pregame performances of Ukrainian folk dancing and music, a post-game photo on center ice and commemorative t-shirts...

Famed Ukrainian folk quarter DakhaBrakha headlines Soyuzivka Ukrainian Festival KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Soyuzivka Ukrainian Festival at the Ukrainian National Foundation’s (UNF) Soyuzivka Heritage Center took place over three days from July 14 to 16 with the famed Ukrainian folk music quartet DakhaBrakha headlining the festival’s Saturday night performance in front of several thousand guests....

WATLHAM, Mass. – Sofia Fedoriouk, a 16-year-old member of the Ukrainian National Association (UNA), will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on February 4 as part of the selective international Honors Performance Series Program. “She’s very excited. She cannot wait to experience the atmosphere of New York City,” her father, Alexander Fedoriouk, said...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Following a “devastating fire” at the Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) camp in Ellenville, N.Y., that destroyed several facilities on the property, the organization announced it will hold a gala fundraiser on November 19 in New York to help raise funds needed to repair the extensive damage cause by the fire. No...

Ukrainian president among historic five honorees BOSTON – Ukrainian President Volody­myr Zelenskyy was among a historic group of honorees to receive the 2022 John F. Ken­ne­dy Profile in Courage Award on May 22 for “his courageous defense of democracy.” In bestowing the award, Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia and the daughter of the...

JEWETT, N.Y. – Spurred to act by the horrors of the war ravaging their ancestral homeland, a group of Ukrainian American bicyclists decided that they wanted to do something more to raise money for the people of Ukraine. They will lead a four-day, fundraising bicycle ride from New Jersey to Washington, D.C. “As a first...

Legislation now headed to Biden for president’s signature WALTHAM, Mass. – The House of Representatives on April 28 passed legislation to establish a lend-lease program that would make it easier for the U.S. to send more military aid to Ukraine. The bill is now headed to the White House, where President Joe Biden is expected...

Says Putin will pay a ‘high price’ for Russia’s war in Ukraine WALTHAM, Mass. – Speaking before a joint session of Congress, U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “unleashed violence and chaos” against Ukraine and promised the Russian president would “pay a continuing high price” for his premeditated and unprovoked war...

Larissa D’Avignon, a Ukrainian American who teaches at Misr American College – an international school in Cairo, Egypt, for students in kindergarten to grade 12 – led her fifth-grade class in a celebration of Ukrainian Unity Day on February 16. – Andrew Nynka...