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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Kyiv on May 6, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It marked the first visit to Ukraine by a senior official in the administration of President Joe Biden, and Mr. Blinken reaffirmed the position that the United States believes Ukraine is a key ally in the fight against Russian aggression.
Sixty years ago, on May 14, 1961, some 20,000 people attended the blessing of the cornerstone for the Manor College building in Fox Chase, Pa.
Bishop Joseph Shmondiuk that afternoon blessed the cornerstone, in a ceremony attended by representatives of the Government of Pennsylvania, Ukrainian organizations, as well as pilgrims and members of religious orders. Founded by the Sisters of St. Basil the Great, the educational facilities included a high school for girls (Saint Basil Academy), the junior college, as well as residence for the students and a monastery for the Sisters.
Marta R. Skorupsky, a noted Ukrainian American editor, translator and journalist who contributed to the popularization of Ukrainianism in the English world, passed away on April 19, 2021. The following commentary was written by her husband, Bohdan Gerulak.
We need more. The recent apparent pullout of Russian troops from the border with Ukraine provides time and opportunity for reassessment. No one believes that hostilities between Russia and the rest of the world have ended, least of all Ukrainians. What has become more apparent is that fortunately the Western world is more sensitive and prepared to oppose Russian aggression, albeit to what extent remains unclear, in this case fortunately.
NEW YORK – Imagine watching your baby struggle with each passing day to breathe and swallow food. Imagine knowing that your baby’s last breath is not far away, all while knowing that children afflicted with the same terminal genetic disorder can access a treatment that halts the illness, allowing them to not only live, but develop normally. This is the situation in which Ukrainians Mariia and Vitaliy Svichynsky find themselves. Their baby, Dmytro, is running out of time to receive a cutting-edge, though extremely expensive, medication that can treat his condition. Dmytro Svichynsky, now five-months-old, was born with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a variant of the disease that targets the body’s motor neuron cells, leaving them weaker by the day until they eventually stop working.
CLIFTON, N.J. – Nova UA Federal Credit Union, located on Allwood Road in Clifton, N.J., continues its mission to help “communities succeed and grow” as it disbursed $50,000 in grants to eight local non-profits on April 15.
The most recent migration wave from Ukraine to the U.S., known as the Fourth Wave, was probably the most important event in the history of Ukrainians in the U.S. since the First Wave at the turn of the 20th century (Fourth Wave immigrants are persons born in Ukraine who migrated to the U.S. after 1987).
G-7 seeks to counter ‘irresponsible’ behavior
The G-7 has wrapped up its first in-person meeting in more than two years with a pledge to bolster collective efforts to counter Russia’s “irresponsible and destabilizing” behavior, but offered little concrete action aside from expressing support for Ukraine.
CARMEL, N.Y. – During this global pandemic, many people have been affected by COVID-19. It has been especially hard for members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization in the U.S.A. to keep the “plastovi zakony” (the rules of Plast) alive during this time. But members all over the country continue to amaze us. With all camps having been cancelled in the past year and weekly meetings also cancelled or conducted virtually via Zoom, Plast members continue to find ways to make the best out of the situation, as they are trained to do.
A senior U.S. State Department official has said it is time for Ukraine to tackle corruption and weak institutions, including going after Dmytro Firtash, whose natural-gas holdings have made him one of the country’s most notorious, and powerful, oligarchs.