Ukrainian people will not allow reanimation of fascism, and the Babyn Yar tragedy should serve as a reminder about the terrible consequences that can be caused by ethnic hatred.
President Petro Poroshenko emphasized this during a ceremony of honoring the victims of Babyn Yar, a Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Ukraine will never allow restoration of fascism, ethnic persecution, partition of the country by language, faith or any other signs. Ukraine is united and will remain united,” he said.
He stressed that “only united Ukraine can win over the risks and threats that it is facing.”
Speaking of the lessons of the Babyn Yar tragedy, the President noted that this day is a reminder to the world how dangerous the war is, how necessary is to appreciate peace.
“Today, in this holy place, Ukraine and Kyiv remind to the world how dangerous ethnic hatred is,” Poroshenko said.
The President laid flowers to the monument of those, executed by the Nazis at Babyn Yar. The participants paid tribute to the victims of the shooting by a moment of silence. The ceremony was also attended by Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Head of the Presidential Administration Borys Lozhkin, Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Volodymyr Shandra, representatives of the Presidential Administration, the government, the public, the clergy.
On behalf of the President, flowers were also laid to the monument of Menorah, a memorial cross to members of the underground Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and places, commemorating the victims of the Holocaust of Roma.
As you know, September 29, 1941, mass executions of civilians began at Babyn Yar. in Nazi-occupied Kyiv. Over two days, almost 34,000 persons were killed, mostly Jews.
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