Published November 26,2023
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Victims of the Holodomor famine have been commemorated Saturday with occasions that noticed the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy and his spouse attended occasions organized for the ninetieth anniversary of the tragedy within the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, in response to a press release by the Office of the President of Ukraine.
The couple attended a prayer held in reminiscence of the victims on the Kyiv-Pechersk Cathedral, then walked to the National Museum of the Holodomor.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics, Swiss Confederation President Alain Berset and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, in addition to international members of parliament and representatives of diplomatic missions attended the march.
The Ukrainian chief mentioned they honor the reminiscence of thousands and thousands of victims of the Holodomor with deep disappointment and respect. “We thank all the states that chose justice, officially recognized it, recognized the Holodomor as a crime committed against people, Ukraine,” he mentioned.
He underlined the necessity for the world to unite and condemn the crimes of the previous.
US President Joe Biden additionally commemorated the victims.
“We mark the solemn anniversary of the Holodomor as the brave people of Ukraine continue to defend their freedom and Ukraine’s sovereignty against Russia’s brutal war of aggression,” the White House mentioned in a press release.
Calling the insurance policies utilized by former Soviet chief Joseph Stalin at the moment “inhumane,” the assertion mentioned: “Stalin and his regime systematically seized Ukraine’s grain and farms and transferred Ukrainian grain to other parts of the USSR as a tactic to repress Ukraine’s national identity.”
“Today, Ukraine’s agricultural infrastructure is once more being deliberately targeted—this time by Vladimir Putin as part of his drive for conquest and power,” it famous. “Russian forces seek to destroy Ukraine’s economy and independence, deliberately damaging fields and destroying Ukraine’s grain storage facilities and ports.”
“It is not just an attack on Ukraine’s economic security, it is a cynical assault on food security everywhere. Putin is hurting the world’s most vulnerable communities, for Russia’s profit,” it mentioned.
“On this anniversary, we remember and honor all those, both past and present, who have endured such hardship and who continue still to fight against tyranny,” it mentioned. “We also recommit ourselves to preventing suffering, protecting fundamental freedoms, and responding to human rights abuses whenever and wherever they occur.”
-“WE STAND UNITED WITH UKRAINE.”
At least 3.9 million individuals starved to loss of life between 1932 and 1933 as a consequence of Stalin’s insurance policies and the “collectivization” of agriculture, in response to the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.
The Soviet Union applied the collectivization of its agricultural sector between 1928 and 1940 to combine particular person landholdings and labor into collectively managed and state-controlled farms. It affected a major a part of the west and south of the Soviet Union.
Estimates conclude that 5.7 million to eight.7 million individuals died from famine throughout the Soviet Union.
Ukraine claims that the famine on its territory was “intentional” and has known as it a “genocide of the Ukrainian people.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr