System Updates: "unexpected error"

[Greendrake]

Use -Syyu so it forces the package list to be refreshed

That works muuuch better!
Now it hits this wall trying to download some packages from fastmirror.pp.ua. Connection timeout, or "Operation too slow" on the second attempt. (I can understand why — perhaps due to the sad situation over there).

Surely there must be a way to set a different mirror, closer to where I am (New Zealand)?

Update: "sudo pacman-mirrors --continent" seems to have done the trick.