On the 84th Anniversary of the Babyn Yar Tragedy, the President Honored the Memory of the Victims of the Nazis

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At Babyn Yar, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those who perished in the mass Nazi executions during the occupation of Kyiv in World War II.

Also present at the ceremony were Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Acting Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Tetiana Berezhna, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Olena Kovalska, rabbis, ambassadors of foreign states, and representatives of international organizations.

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The Head of State thanked the ambassadors who honored the memory of the victims.

"Thank you for being with us, with Ukraine, today. I believe this is a very important signal of your solidarity. Ukraine, even during the war, never forgets Babyn Yar, the tragedy of Babyn Yar, the tragedy of the Holocaust. This is one of the greatest tragedies in the world," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The President stressed that the tragedy of Babyn Yar is an example of why today the world cannot stand aside or silently observe Russia's aggression.

At Babyn Yar, the Nazis killed about one hundred thousand people during the occupation. They destroyed almost the entire Jewish community of Kyiv, along with representatives of other nationalities. Over the course of just September 29-30, 1941, the Nazis executed more than 30,000 people in Kyiv. The path along which local residents were driven to Babyn Yar became known as the "Road of Death."​