Local Ukrainians anxiously await fallout from failed mutiny

JUNE 2023

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (NBC6) – An estimated 3,000 Ukrainian families have arrived in South Florida in the 16 months since Russia launched its brutal, unprovoked invasion of their country.

It’s safe to say they’re all hoping the mutiny of the mercenary Wagner Group militia against Russia exposed enough weaknesses to potentially hasten the end of the war…

Pro-Ukraine rally held in Hallandale Beach on 1-year anniversary of war with Russia

FEBRUARY 2023

HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – South Floridians came together in Hallandale Beach to show their support for Ukraine on the one year anyversary of the start of the Eastern European country’s war with Russia.

Just before 6:40 p.m. Friday, 7News cameras captured at least 100 people near the 400 block of South Federal Highway. Some were seen waving Ukrainian flags or draped in the flag…

Volunteer Match

DECEMBER 2022

Florida for Ukraine helped thousands of refugees who moved to South Florida, we help them with orientation, legal help, and employment.
Florida for Ukraine collects and ships humanitarian help to Ukraine, we shipped over 100 tons of aid.
Lots of programs were created for kids, we help children in Ukraine and refugee kids in South Florida…

5 states account for half of 123,962 requests to sponsor Ukrainian refugees in U.S.

SEPTEMBER 2022

More than half of the nearly 124,000 applications filed by Americans seeking to sponsor Ukrainians fleeing the war in their homeland have come from households in New York, Illinois, California, Washington state and Florida, according to unpublished Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data obtained by CBS News…

Ukrainian Immigrants in the United States

JUNE 2022

Amid the huge internal and international displacement of millions of Ukrainians after their country was invaded by Russia in February 2022, the United States is extending protection to as many as 180,000. In what has become Europe’s largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, nearly 8 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 6 million civilians…

Ukrainian Refugee Resettlement Project

APRIL 8, 2022

As the war in Ukraine continues to wreak havoc and we hear more and more reports of the horrors committed by Russian troops against Ukrainians, we must respond. While sending money and supplies are good things to do, it is simply not enough. This is why I have joined my colleague, Rabbi Adam Watstein at B’nai Aviv, along with Irna Marfield from St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church, Grace Manne from St. Marks Catholic Church, Randy Coleman from Jewish Family Services, Rafi Nagli the President of Florida for Ukraine…

Hundreds Gather Outside Hallandale Beach City Hall To Stand With Ukraine

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

HALLANDALE BEACH (CBSMiami) – Emotions running high among the Ukrainian community in South Florida as their home country comes under attack.

Dozens turned into hundreds through the evening outside Hallandale Beach City Hall on Thursday for a Stand With Ukraine demonstration…

South Florida Ukrainian community reacts, prays for peace following Russian invasion in Ukraine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – South Florida’s Ukrainian community is hoping for a peaceful resolution after watching Russia’s ruthless attack on their homeland.

South Florida took to the streets Thursday, to protest the Russian invasion in Ukraine…