Zelensky honored memory of victims of political repression. PHOTOS
On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky honored the memory of the victims of the Great Terror committed by the totalitarian communist regime in 1937-1938 on Ukrainian lands.
As Censor.NET informs, this was reported on the official website of the Head of State.
On behalf of the Head of State, a basket of flowers was placed at the monument to the repressed, which is located at the entrance to the National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Bykivnia Graves", and wreaths were placed at the mass grave and the memorial sign of Polish burials on the territory of the reserve.
As the President noted, fabricated motives for detentions, cruel tortures and death sentences handed down mostly without investigation and trial by the NKVD triads, "children's Gulags" - all this fundamentally contradicts normal human nature and the basic principles of a civilized world structure.
Multinational burials of victims of Stalinist repressions on the territory of the Bykivnia forest in Kyiv, hundreds of similar places in all regions of Ukraine are now an inseparable category of the national memory of the Ukrainian people, memorial objects of international importance.
"We must do everything to ensure that the revenge of totalitarianism is not allowed, to ensure the consolidation of the efforts of the international community in the matter of restoring and preserving peace, collective security and humanism, neutralizing the terrorist state - the Russian Federation, ensuring a fair trial and accountability for criminals," Volodymyr Zelensky stressed.
"Eternal and bright memory to the victims of political repressions. Eternal honor to each and every one who defends Ukraine. We will always remember those who gave their lives, liberating the Ukrainian land from the Russian invaders," added the Head of State.
