Historian Olesya Khromeychuk opened a speaking tour of Australia with a warning that any attempts to appease Russian President Vladimir Putin would only give him further incentives to wage war against the people of Ukraine.

Dr. Olesya Khromeychuk took part in the Sydney Ideas public talk at the University of Sydney, lectures at the Australian National University and University of Melbourne, and a round-table at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Dr. Olesya Khromeychuk met Senators Catryna Bilyk and David Van, Chair and Co-Chair of the Ukrainian-Australian Friendship Group in the Parliament respectively. She did interviews with numerous media such as the Sydney Morning Herald, Guardian, ABC TV, and SBS Ukrainian Service.