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June 28, 2017 - A Ukrainian delegation visits USUF to discuss the possibility of establishing a Ministry of Veterans Affairs for Ukraine. More »

June 21, 2017 - General Philip Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington regarding the Friends of Ukraine Network's recommendations for providing Ukraine with advanced defensive and security assistance.

June 7, 2017 - A 6-member Vinnytsia city delegation, led by Mayor Sergey Morgunov (center), visits USUF to discuss development issues facing the municipality with USUF's team, headed by President Nadia McConnell (center).

June 2, 2017 - Good friends of the Foundation, David Kramer (left) and Orest Deychakiwsky (right), were toasted on their respective, professional career changes at a USUF reception. Nadia McConnell presented each of them with a Ukrainian Bell of Freedom Award for their dedication in supporting Ukraine's democracy.

June 1, 2017 - A final meeting with our Spring 2017 Interns, Lesya Yarema (center) and Natalie Madzigon (right). They will be missed by USUF's Nadia McConnell, Adrian Karmazyn (middle) and John A. Kun.

May 3, 2017 - World Press Freedom Day is marked at the new offices of USUF with Ukrainian and U.S. journalists recognized for their professionalism in covering U.S.-Ukrainian news. Leading the program were Ambassador Roman Popadiuk, President Nadia McConnell and Communications Specialist Adrian Karmazyn. More »

April 26, 2017 - USUF holds the first program event, Building Consensus for Priorities in U.S. Assistance for Ukraine - Roundtable 3: Humanitarian Assistance, at its new offices. The event also included presentations on two topics, Centennial of the First U.S. Assistance for Ukraine in 1917 and Remembering Chornobyl – The Cover Up And Ensuing Humanitarian Crisis. More »

December 7, 2016 - Interns conclude the Fall 2016 semester with USUF. Standing (left to right) are Tamara Denysenko of Rochester, Nadia K. McConnell, Intern Nicholas Schwartz, Intern Lesya Yarema, Adrian Karmazyn, John A. Kun, and Intern Sophiia Pylypiuk.

October 25, 2016 - Former U.S. Ambassadors to Ukraine, WIlliam Green Miller and Steven Pifer, share in a panel discussion during the Foundation's Ukraine in Washington conference, Initiating Dialogue with the Next President of the U.S., held at the National Press Club. Read more »

October 2-5, 2016 - Andriy Kohut, Director of the Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine, was assisted by the Foundation during his stay in Washington, DC. He was in the U.S. capital to learn more about the U.S. experience in declassifying and archiving security and intelligence-related materials. In the photo, Mr. Kohut stands with Jurij Dobczansky (right), a cataloguing specialist with the Library of Congress during his visit to library's Thomas Jefferson Building.

September 14, 2016 - Ian Brzezinski, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, makes a comment while Ambassador William Taylor, Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace, listens during the panel discussion on Keys to Ukraine's Success: A 25 Year Perspective which took place at the Foundation's Ukraine in Washington Conference at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Read more »

August 2, 2016 - Graduation ceremony for Summer 2016 Interns (center): Oleksiy Krylyuk, Nataliia Vasylenko, Ania Tian, and Oksana Kutsa. Adrian Karmazyn, John A. Kun, Nadia K. McConnell and Markian Bilynskyj surround the graduates!

June 8, 2016 - Technical health experts were invited by USUF for a roundtable discussion, Immunization and Polio Eradication in Ukraine, held in the Cannon House Office Building.

April 26, 2016 - A roundtable discussion commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster included panelists Valeriy Chaly, Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S., Mykola Riabchuk, a prominent Ukrainian writer and literary critic, and Nadia McConnell, USUF President. Read more »

April 25, 2016 - Olena Honcharova, founder of the Kharkiv Station NGO which assists internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine, speaks at USUF. Read more »

April 25, 2016 - Hromadske Radio journalists and Razom event at USUF. Read more »

April 12, 2016 - USUF's Media Roundtable event included (from left to right): Iuliia Iarmolenko, Adrian Karmazyn, Daria Dieguts, and Natalka Pisnia. Read more »

March 30, 2016 - Ukraine in Washington 2016, Forum: Ukraine's Battle for Freedom Continues, attracts 500-600 people, including Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko at the U.S.Capitol Visitor Center. Read more »

February 4, 2016 - U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Sends Another Large Container of Medical Supplies & Equipment to Ukraine. Read more »

November 9, 2015 - Representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations meet with Obama Administration officials delivering a letter to the President calling for the U.S. government to play a greater role in delivering aid to the millions in Ukraine in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Read more »

October 27, 2015 - Roundtable Discussion with Lesia Vasylenko - Founder of the Ukrainian NGO, Legal100. Click here to read more »

Sept 25, 2015 - Forum: Ukraine's Ongoing Battle for Freedom - The Risk of Western Failure in Political, Economic and Humanitarian Assistance attracted 400 attendees, including recognized leaders who covered a wide spectrum of interests and issues in regard to Ukraine's assistance needs, at this historic event in the U.S.Capitol Visitor Center. Click here to read more »

Sept 22, 2015 - Announcement of Kharkiv Region Initiatives Center conducted through a video teleconference. This new project will support various initiatives for Kharkiv by a partnership between GloBee, an international regional development agency, and the Foundation. Click here for more information »

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Sept 16, 2015 - USUF hosted a round table discussion with Dr. Olena Prystayko, founder & director of the Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels. Click here for more information »

August 20, 2015 - Stolen Assets Presentation at USUF by Olena Tyshchenko and Tatiana Chornovol (photo: Larry Luxner). Click here to read Atlantic Council story .... Click to read USUF story

August 4, 2015 - USUF Staff Members Visit Washington's Holodomor Memorial Site. From left to right are Holodomor Memorial Architect/Sculptor Larysa Kurylas, USUF President Nadia McConnell, Allie Rogers, USUF Program Director Yuliya Solovey and USUF Intern Shane Suksangium.

July 17, 2015 - USUF organizes a memorial march to mark the one-year anniversary of Malaysian Airline Flight MH17's crash in Ukraine. Photo by Vadym Guliuk Photography. Click here to read more >>

June 16, 2015 - USUF sponsors presentation at Embassy of Ukraine by scientists participating in TechConnect Conference & Expo. Click here to watch video »

June 5, 2015 – Ukrainian Federal Credit Unions convene for their annual conference in Washington, DC and USUF representatives are invited to the Friday evening banquet. From left to right, seated, are: Anne Kornylo of Rochester, NY, Nadia K. McConnell, USUF President, and Mrs. V. Bogattchouk of Clifton, NJ; standing are John A. Kun, USUF Vice President, and Val Bogattchouk, Chief Executive Officer of the Self Reliance (NJ) Federal Credit Union of Clifton, NJ.

June 1, 2015 – USUF and Embassy of Ukraine host roundtable discussion on humanitarian catastrophe occurring in Ukraine. Read more »

April 29, 2015 - USUF's first 40 foot container of medical supplies for Ukraine is loaded at Brother's Brother Foundation in Fairfax, VA (photo credit: Vadym Guliuk Photography) Read more »

March 31, 2115 - Part of the humanitarian aid, in terms of medical supplies, heading to Ukraine. The Foundation has now sent an estimated $200,000 in medical supplies and financial resources to Ukraine over the past 10 months. Thank you for your support! Read more »

February 26, 2015 - A roundtable discussion: Prognosis Ukraine, Post-Debaltseve? was held at USUF. Leaders from several key Ukrainian NGOs and businesses attended, providing their expert appraisals on the status of the economy, energy, nuclear plants, peace prospects and military developments.

February 17, 2015 - USUF's Open World delegation from Ukraine meets with Modesto Mayor Garrard Marsh and other local officials during its nine day Legislature Role Program in California. The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation works with Modesto Sister Cities International in Open World Leadership Center programming for the Sacramento & Modesto area of California. Modesto is a Sister City of Khmelmitskiy, Ukraine.

February 14, 2015 - A scholarship ceremony in Zheldets, near Lviv. occurred with 23 students receiving Maryniuk scholarships. Along with a post-event grant, USUF and the Maryniuk fund distributed over $5,000 to the community.

February 6, 2015 – Patriarch Filaret, the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine, shared his views on the conflict in Ukraine. Click here to read reports of the discussion.

November 14, 2014 - Newly-elected Ukrainian parliamentarians (and former military commanders) meet to discuss the Ukraine-Russia conflict at USUF.

September 18, 2014 - Many U.S.-Ukraine Foundation friends and supporters wait in anticipation of President Poroshenko's speech before a Joint Session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol.

September 12, 2014 - Markian Bilynskyj, USUF's Kyiv Director and Vice President, provided analysis and commentary on the current situation in Ukraine before a group of interested individuals, invited through the Friends of Ukraine network, in the Foundation's conference room in Washington, DC.  Sitting next to him is Nadia K. McConnell, USUF President.

June 19, 2014 - Serhiy Kvit, Ukraine's Minister of Education and Science, spoke on the need for educational reforms, challenges presented by the war in the eastern region of Ukraine, and the need for additional U.S. support. Think tank representatives and NGO leaders who attended the roundtable discussion inquired about critical governance issues facing Ukraine, Russia's propaganda war and the way forward for Ukraine. The meeting was sponsored by the Friends of Ukraine Network and the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation.

June 19, 2014 - Mark Temnycky, a Summer 2014 Intern at USUF, met Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States, Olexander Motsyk, at the second US-UA Working Group Yearly Summit held at the University Club of Washington DC. Click here and read Mark's conference report in the July 1, 2014 issue of Update.

June 12, 2014 - Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-rector for the University Mission at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, spoke on "New Challenges for Ukraine and Moral Values." Mr. Marynovych is a Ukrainian human rights activist and distinguished civil-society leader. He has been awarded the Ukrainian Order of Liberty, an honor granted by the Ukrainian Parliament to recognize the extraordinary efforts of citizens of Ukraine to strengthen the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, develop democracy, and advocate constitutional rights. On June 11, Mr. Marynovych accepted the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

June 3, 2014 - USUF and Friends of Ukraine Network (FOUN) hold a roundtable discussion on Ukraine - the current situation. Lead discussant: David J. Kramer, President of Freedom House.

May 19, 2014 - Jed Barton, U.S. Agency for International Development's Kyiv Mission Director, spoke on USAID's current program objectives and the opportunities for technical assistance projects in Ukraine. The presentation was sponsored by The Washington Group (TWG) and the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation.

May 15, 2014 - USUF and Friends of Ukraine Network (FOUN) sponsor a roundtable discussion on the prospect of additional sanctions against Russia. Sanction recommendations had been previously submitted to Members of Congress and President Obama in April. To watch video portions of the roundtable discussion, click here.

April 28, 2014 - Friends of Ukraine Network (FOUN) meet to discuss various crisis planning strategies and the newly-announced U.S. sanctions against Russia, many of which had been suggested previously by FOUN, USUF and others. The discussion was bolstered by the attendance of Ruslana (front row, center) and a Civil Society delegation, composed of Luhansk's NGO organizer Volodymyr Shcherbachenko (standing behind Ruslana), media expert Maksym Butkevych (seated, third from right) and human rights promoter Oleksandra Matviichuk (seated, second from right).

February 6, 2014 - Patriarch Filaret, the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine, discusses the Crisis in Ukraine at USUF.

December 12 & 13, 2013 - Ukraine in Washington 2013 presents two conferences, Ukraine in Congress - held in the Rayburn House Office Building - and the International Business Conference: Is Ukraine's European Future on the Horizon? - held at the National Press Club. Click here to see more photos.

October 15, 2013 - U.S.-Ukraine Foundation representatives in Kyiv, Markian Bilynskyj and Yuliya Solovey, attended the International Conference on Anti-Semitism on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the infamous "blood libel" trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, organized by the Ukrainian Jewish Committee with the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ukrainian Chairmanship and in partnership with the American Jewish Committee, National Conference Supporting Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia. They met with, among others, Lesley Weiss, Director of Community Services and Cultural Affairs for NCSJ, and Jay Beilis, the grandson of Menahem Mendel Beilis, who was visiting Ukraine for the first time. The conference examined current trends in anti-Semitism and new methods for combating it.

June 28, 2013 - Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. Olexander Motsyk hosted a breakfast meeting at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, DC for Anatoliy Tolstoukhov, former Minister for the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Attending the meeting in the Washington Room (from left to right) were Lewis Madanick, Ambassador John O'Keefe, Yuliya Solovey, Anatoliy Tolstoukhov, Nadia McConnell, Ambassador Motsyk, George Chopivsky, Markian Bilynskyj and Peter Fedynsky. To read more, click here.

April 24, 2013 - The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation honors 40 young Ukrainian leaders at the 40 Under 40 Ukraine’s Emerging Leaders Symposium and Reception at the Club of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. To read more, click here.

December 20, 2012 - As a gesture of our gratitude for support of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation and helping us promote the positive image of Ukraine in Washington, DC, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation hosted "Ukraine in Washington 2012" Sponsors & Friends Luncheon. Paul Goble made presentation "No Joking Matter Now: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Joke". From left to right: Markian Bilynskyj - USUF Vice President for Field Operations, Ambassador William Miller - Senior Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Nadia McConnell - USUF President, Iryna Teluk - President, IRASET Group, LLC, Paule Goble - Director of Research and Publications at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Michael Browne - Director, Technical Strategy, IBM Research Division, Former Congressman Bob McEwen, Robert Nurick - Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Ukraine 2020 National Security and Defense Task Force Co-Chair, Yuliya Solovey - USUF Program Director, Robert McConnell - President, McConnell & Associates.

December 1, 2012 - USUF hosts 2012 Ukraine in Washington Conference and Gala Awards Dinner.   Ambassador Roman Popadiuk, Markian Bilynskyj, Yuliya Solovey, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Peta Murgatroyd, John A. Kun, and Nadia K. McConnell (from left to right) enjoy the festivities. To read more, click here.

October 22, 2012 - USUF President Nadia K. McConnell meets with Taras Prytula, Director of International Cooperation with the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine (Supreme Audit Institution of Ukraine) and the Head of the Board, Parliamentary & Executive Internship Program with the Interns League.

August 1, 2012 - The Summer Internship Program at USUF: VP/COO John A. Kun, Ganna Ivanova, Darya Shpirenkova, Arielle Neu, President Nadia K. McConnell and Elvira Kizilova (left to right). To read more, click here »

June 8, 2012 - Ukrainian Federal Credit Union Officials Visit the Foundation.  Standing, left to right, are UFCU CEO Oleg Lebedko, USUF VP John A. Kun, UFCU Board Of Directors Assistant Treasurer Bogdan Zakharchishin, USUF Intern Nataliya Zakharchishin and UFCU Board Of Directors President Wasyl Kornylo. Seated, left to right,are USUF Program Director Oksana Yakovenko and USUF Interns, Elvira Kizilova and Ganna Ivanova.  To read about this event, click here.

March 2, 2012 -  The Atlantic Council hosted the Ukraine 2020 Expert Form with Ambassador Shamshur in Washington, DC.  For more information, click here.

February 13, 2012 - Meeting with Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues (from left to right): Ihor Gawdiak, President of the Ukrainian-American Coordinating Council, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Nadia McConnell - USUF President, and John Kun - USUF Vice President/COO.

December 1, 2011 - The Foundation's first-ever Business Conference and Gala Awards Dinner held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel ... and Ruslana was the headliner!

October 12, 2011 - Vitaliy Klitschko stands with USUF’s Sofiya Kovalchuk (left) and (from right to left) Liliya Bychuk, Oksana Yakovenko and Yuliya Solovey. Mr. Klitschko, chairman of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms, member of the Kyiv City Council and three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, appeared for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities Ukraine faces at The Brookings Institution.

Sept 23, 2011 - The Luhansk Open World delegation, headed by Eduard Lozovsky, First Deputy Governor, meets with Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S., Olexander Motsyk, and friends from Montgomery County, Open World Leadership Center and USUF in the Washington Room of the Embassy of Ukraine. The Foundation hosted the group during its week-long stay in cooperation with Montgomery County Sister Cities and The Washington Group.

July 13, 2011 - At the JFK Library in Boston, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler (center) is flanked by Ukrainian Judges Oksana Zavydovska-Marchuk, Judge Taras Bahriy, Oleksandra Litvinova, Iryna Bondaryeva and Lyubomyr Bytkivskyy (from left to right).  USUF administered the Boston Judges program, sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center. 

July 5, 2011- Meeting with Andriy Fialko, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Ukraine (from left to right): Dmytro Senik -Second Secretary, Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, DC, Andriy Fialko, Nadia McConnell - USUF President, and John A. Kun - USUF Vice President/COO)

March 18, 2011 - Ukraine Banking Delegation visits USUF to discuss current financial regulations. From left to right are Alex Tsiovkh - translator, Andriy Klymchuk - President CFA Ukraine Society, Anatoly Volok - President of Region Bank & Kharkiv Banks Union, USUF President Nadia McConnell and Dmytro Vilenskyi - President of StaroKievski Bank.

January 28, 2011 - Ukrainian American Coordinating Council President Ihor Gawdiak presents USUF President Nadia K. McConnell with a $5,000 check for UACC’s sponsorship of a Ukraine 2020 Task Force.  USUF Vice President/COO John A. Kun (left) and UACC’s Executive Committee Member Ros Chomiak look on.  To read more, click here >>

October 28, 2010 - U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft (left) shakes hands with U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Bohdan Futey, a member of USUF’s Board of Advisors, who participated in the Judicial Reform Roundtable in Kyiv on October 28, 2010. To read more, click here »

May 19, 2010 - Former First Lady of Ukraine, Kateryna Yushchenko, with Olya Onyshko and Sarah Farhat, filmmakers of Three Stories of Galicia (formerly, Land of Dilemmas), at the Ukrainian Reception at the Cannes Film Festival.  The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a sponsor of this film.  Click here to follow Olya and Sarah at Cannes!

March 29, 2010 - USUF President Nadia K. McConnell and other Ukrainian-American leaders meet with Ambassador Oleh Shamshur for a briefing on the latest developments in Ukraine's government.

February 26-28, 2010 - Attending the NY Times Travel were (from left to right): USUF Board Member Iryna Kurowyckyj, Consul General of Ukraine in New York Serhii Pohoreltsev, USUF President Nadia McConnell and USUF Program Assistant Oksana Yakovenko. To read more, click here »

January 2010 - USUF VP John A. Kun, Olexander Danyleiko, Consul General of Ukraine in Canada, and Bohdan Onyschuk, President of the Canada Ukraine Foundation, (left to right) appeared at the Discover Ukraine exhibit at Toronto's Ultimate Travel Show. To read more, click here »

January 27, 2010 - Edvins Snore, director of the documentary The Soviet Story pictured with members of Congress at a screening on Capitol Hill organized by the Foundation (from left to right). Rep. Bob McEwan, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtnin, Edvins Snore, Rep. Joe Pitts. To read more, click here.

November 14, 2009 - USUF Board of Directors Meeting (from left to right). Seated: Iryna Kurowyckyj and Renata A. Zajac. Standing: William Green Miller, James O’Beirne, Nadia K. McConnell, Jack Heller and John A. Kun.

November 4, 2009 - USUF hosts the U.S. Department of Commerce
Destination Tourism Delegation from Crimea, Ukraine (SABIT Program)