September 29 in Ukraine they honor the memory of the victims of mass executions in Babi Yar.
In a statement timed to the 76th anniversary of the mass shooting of Jews in Kiev, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko described the Babyn Yar tragedy as common to the Jewish and Ukrainian peoples, "one of the deepest wounds that the Holocaust inflicted."
In turn, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman said that it is necessary to preserve the memory of the tragedy of Babi Yar, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past. "Today we remember the victims of one of the most terrible tragedies of mankind - the events in Babi Yar. Day of sorrow and grief. Our duty is to preserve the memory of Babi Yar and pass it on to the next generations. Only memory protects against the repetition of the mistakes of the past, "wrote Groisman.
Kiev was occupied by Nazi troops in mid-September 1941 and at the end of the month mass executions of the Jewish population began in the city. For the first two days, on 29 and 30 September, almost 34 thousand Jews were killed here. In total, for two years, 100 to 200 thousand people were shot in Babi Yar, most of whom were Jews.