On Holodomor Remembrance Day, Zelensky calls on Ukrainians to light candles
On Holodomor Remembrance Day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Ukrainians around the world, emphasising the importance of national memory and the joint defence of the state.
The president shared his message on Telegram.
Zelensky called on people to light candles by their windows on 22 November at 4 p.m., describing these lights as “millions of proofs of remembrance of the victims of one of the most terrible crimes in human history.”
He stressed that Ukrainians preserve the memory of the millions killed by the Holodomor and “will never forgive Moscow for this genocide.” Drawing parallels between the tragedies of the past and the current war, Zelensky noted that Ukraine today is still forced to resist Russia, which “has not changed and is once again bringing death.”
“We must be united in our defence, just as we are united in preserving our national memory,” the president said.
On 22 November, Ukraine commemorates the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holodomor. The Holodomor Museum in Kyiv will be open to the public from 13:00, with free admission for all.
Every year in November, Ukraine and Ukrainians around the world honour the memory of the victims of the Holodomor — the genocide of the Ukrainian people through an artificial famine organised by the Soviet communist regime in 1932–1933. In 2025, Holodomor Victims Remembrance Day falls on Saturday, 22 November.
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