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Saturday, March 26, 2022
Ukraine’s foreign minister: Why does Russia keep attacking Holocaust memorials?
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Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba lashes Russia and calls for Israeli condemnation after Russian forces damage a Holocaust memorial near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
“This Menora in Drobytskyi Yar near Kharkiv never threatened anyone. It commemorates the memory of over 15,000 Jews murdered by Nazis,” Kuleba says.
“Damaged by Russian shelling today. Why Russia keeps attacking Holocaust Memorials in Ukraine? I expect Israel to strongly condemn this barbarism.”
This Menora in Drobytskyi Yar near Kharkiv never threatened anyone. It commemorates the memory of over 15.000 Jews murdered by Nazis. Damaged by Russian shelling today. Why Russia keeps attacking Holocaust Memorials in Ukraine? I expect Israel to strongly condemn this barbarism. pic.twitter.com/m7AiT4zlBg
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) March 26, 2022
In the first days of the war, Ukraine reported that the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial site in Kyiv, located at the ravine in which over 33,000 Jews were slaughtered by Nazi Germany and its local allies in September 1941, was hit by Russian airstrikes.
The bombing was later revealed to have hit buildings near the memorial, and there was no damage to the monument itself.
Ukraine has consistently pushed Israel for stronger support since Russia’ launched its invasion.
The Times of Israel Community.