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Well, well, well: the OUN(b)-affiliated Org. for the Defense of Four Freedoms of Ukraine (ODFFU), founded over 70 years ago in NYC, just deleted the leadership page of its website, which hadn't been updated in 4-5 years. Good thing for the Wayback Machine: web.archive.org/web/2019041923…
Stepan Kaczurak, chair/president of the ODFFU, is the principal organizer of the annual "Heroes' Holiday" honoring the OUN-UPA at the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUMA) camp in Ellenville, New York. Here he is with @viatrovych at the 2015 event. 
Oles Striltschuk, 2nd deputy chair of ODFFU and former prez of @UkrCongComAm-Illinois, was (& probably remains) the head of the present-day OUN(b) in the United States, at least as of 2016. Pictured below with @SenatorDurbin in 2012, @viatrovych in 2015, and @USAmbPyatt in 2016.
Walter Zaryckyj, the ODDFU external relations officer as of 2015, is the longtime executive director of the Center for US-Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR), which has organized dozens of conferences since 2001. For many years he belonged to the OUN(b)'s Mykola Mikhnovsky Student Assoc.
What's going on at 136 Second Avenue? The ODFFU owns the building, formerly known as the "Ukrainian Liberation Front Home." It's been the de facto US headquarters of the OUN(b) since 1977. A new Ukrainian restaurant might be opening downstairs this year. evgrieve.com/2019/01/new-uk…
