Author: Irene Jarosewich

WFUWO U.N. representatives attend first lady’s presentation in nation’s capital WASHINGTON – During her visit to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on September 21, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska called for the world to not ignore the ongoing war in Ukraine. “I understand that there may be some fatigue. However, to turn away your...

CLIFTON, N.J. – Nova UA Federal Credit Union held its 63rd annual meeting on March 10 in the auditorium of the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School in Passaic, N.J. The annual meeting began with prayers offered by the pastors of local parishes, Rev. Andriy Dudkevych of the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Passaic, N.J.,...

First Lady Olena Zelenska, Countess of Wessex, three leading Ukrainian women activists recognized WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton together with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) presented the 2022 Hillary Rodham Clinton Award to five exceptional women during a ceremony on December...

Dear Editor: In response to Andriy Pawlowych’s letter to the editor in the May 22 edition of The Ukrainian Weekly (“Just maybe the bloodshed could have been avoided”), U.S. President Joe Biden’s two most important actions to benefit Ukraine have been to (a) successfully mobilize the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries after the demoralization...

Wow, that sure does sound harsh, as the truth often does. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” – a war in any other reality – is just another consequence of a long-held delusional, and now completely dysfunctional, Russian worldview: Russia is uniquely great, so special that others must, simply must, succumb. Presently, one man...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – U.S. President Joe Biden on April 21 announced the details of a program that will allow 100,000 displaced persons fleeing the war in Ukraine to enter the United States for a period of up to two years. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will manage the program, known as Uniting for Ukraine,...

WASHINGTON – In conjunction with the April 21 rollout of the U.S. government’s Uniting for Ukraine program that will bring 100,000 displaced persons from Ukraine to the United States, the non-governmental organization Welcome.US convened nation-wide online meetings to explain the important role sponsors will play in the program. Those sponsors, an essential element of the...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) within the Department of Homeland Security on April 19 opened registration for eligible Ukrainian nationals to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS allows foreign nationals already in the U.S. to remain in the country regardless of their visa status. While TPS...

UNITED NATIONS – During a special session of the United Nations Security Council held on April 5 to address the recent discovery of mass atrocities committed by Russian forces in towns surrounding Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the U.N. to immediately expel the Russian Federation from the Security Council and...

UNITED NATIONS – During an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly, member states overwhelmingly condemned Russia for invading Ukraine and demanded that Moscow immediately withdraw military forces from the territory of Ukraine as defined by Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders. The March 2 vote on the resolution received the support of 141 of the...

UNITED NATIONS – During an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly, member states overwhelmingly condemned Russia for invading Ukraine and demanded that Moscow immediately withdraw military forces from the territory of Ukraine as defined by Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders. The March 2 vote on the resolution received the support of 141 of the...

The West needs a clearly defined, publicly articulated strategy to combat Russia’s multi-faceted war against Ukraine. Speaking only about a response to another military invasion leaves open the door for Russian President Vladimir Putin to use other tactics. Friends and family across Ukraine, from the Carpathians foothills to the chornozem (black earth) plains of Poltava,...