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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) speaks at the Babyn Yar ravine near Kyiv, the site of a Nazi massacre during the Holocaust, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2026. (Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine)
January 27, 2026, 10:56 pm
Zelensky, flanked by Ukrainian rabbis, marks Holocaust Remembrance Day at Babyn Yar
Ukraine’s Jewish leader says rising antisemitism must be confronted, at site where Nazis and collaborators murdered 33,771 Jews over two days in 1941
By Lazar Berman
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the monument to Jewish victims of Nazi massacres at Babyn Yar ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 27, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
September 29, 2025, 4:27 pm
84 years after Babyn Yar massacre, names of 1,000 previously unknown victims revealed
Under the shadow of Russian invasion, researchers scramble to digitize artifacts of Ukrainian Jewish life, providing new insights into the murder of 33,771 Jews in Kyiv in September 1941
By Zev Stub
A view of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv on March 2, 2022. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
September 29, 2024, 12:49 pm
Zelensky, on anniversary of WWII Babyn Yar massacre, laments global indifference
Marking slaughter of thousands at ravine during Holocaust, Ukrainian president says ‘heinous crimes occur when the world chooses to ignore, remain silent’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a memorial at Babyn Yar in Ukraine on September 29, 2023, marking 82 years since the massacre of Jews at the site by Nazis. (Ukrainian presidency)
September 29, 2023, 1:43 pm
Zelensky visits Babyn Yar to mark 82nd anniversary of Jewish massacre
Ukrainian president says that ‘no matter how many years have passed, humanity will remember the lives taken by Nazism’
By AFP and Lazar Berman
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Natan Sharansky in Kyiv, October 25, 2022 (courtesy Ukraine Presidential Office)
October 30, 2022, 1:36 pm
Natan Sharansky ’embarrassed’ by lack of Israeli support for Ukraine
After meeting with President Zelensky, former minister and Soviet political prisoner says it’s a ‘disgrace’ that ‘not even a Knesset delegation’ has visited Kyiv
By Ash Obel
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Natan Sharansky in Kyiv, October 25, 2022 (courtesy Ukraine Presidential Office)
October 26, 2022, 2:51 am
Zelensky to Sharansky: Israel is one of few countries that can help defend our skies
Ukraine’s president meets members of Babyn Yar memorial board in Kyiv, pledges government support for expansion of museum
By Lazar Berman
A scene from the film "The Kiev Trial" that depicts a 1946 trial held in post-WWII Ukraine. (YouTube/Screenshot)
September 4, 2022, 10:09 pm
‘The Kiev Trial’ unveils horrors of war in 1946 trial held in post-WWII Ukraine
Film, presented at this year’s Venice Film Festival, raises echoes of war crimes that Ukraine accuses Russia of committing on its soil; ‘History repeats itself,’ director says
By Alexandria SAGE
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses a group of 150 business executives in San Francisco, Monday, June 5, 1990. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
August 31, 2022, 4:30 am
Jewish groups mourn Gorbachev as man who freed Soviet Jewry
Former Soviet president remembered as a humanitarian for allowing Jews to practice their religion freely and emigrate, which they did en masse — much to his disappointment
By Judah Ari Gross
Yelena Lembersky, author of 'Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour.' (Courtesy)
July 26, 2022, 1:43 am
Relics of a USSR both maddening and sweet emerge in blockbuster Jewish memoir
Yelena Lembersky’s ‘Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour’ is a surprisingly even-handed tale of escape from the Iron Curtain with her grandfather’s famous Babyn Yar massacre paintings
By Julie Masis
This photo, taken by Maxar Technologies' GeoEye-1 satellite on April 3, 2022, shows a newly excavated mass grave (the rows near the center top, just under the road) in the Ukrainian town of Manhush, which is close to the besieged port city Mariupol. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies)
April 22, 2022, 6:43 am
‘A new Babyn Yar’: Satellite photos show possible mass graves near Mariupol
Ukrainian officials say as many as 9,000 civilians could be buried in Manhush near the besieged city, accuse Russia of trying to cover up crimes
By Adam Schreck
Director Sergei Loznitsa at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, France, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
March 29, 2022, 1:45 am
Ukraine’s most famous director ostracized for unflinching film on Babyn Yar pogrom
Last week, Ukrainian Academy Award winner Sergei Loznitsa was dismissed from his country’s Film Academy after making a film on the Holocaust. His work is taking the US by storm
By Jordan Hoffman
The damaged Drobytsky Yar memorial near Kharkiv after reportedly being hit by Russian artillery fire, on March 26, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
March 26, 2022, 4:56 pm
Ukraine says Holocaust memorial smashed in Russian strikes near Kharkiv
Kyiv’s foreign minister lashes Russia for attack near Drobytsky Yar, where 15,000 Jews were killed during World War II, says he expects Israel to condemn Russia
By ToI Staff
Yad Ezer L'Haver director Shimon Sabag and a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, March 19, 2022. (Screen grab/YouTube)
March 25, 2022, 11:52 pm
4 Holocaust survivors rescued from bombarded Kyiv with help of Israeli charity
’70 years ago there was no one to save us and take care of us like now,’ says Natalia, 82; some say they want to move to Israel after daring journey
By Tobias Siegal
Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky, speaks to Israeli reporters, March 24, 2022 (screenshot)
March 25, 2022, 3:42 am
Top Zelensky adviser opens up about his Jewish roots, urges greater Israeli support
Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak reveals that his relatives were killed in Babyn Yar; says president sleeps 4-5 hours a night and keeps up activities despite fear of assassination
By Lazar Berman
The Babi Yar memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, is defaced with swastikas, in September 2014. (Screenshot/YouTube)
March 24, 2022, 8:02 pm
Jewish businessman paid for Nazi graffiti in Ukraine before Russia invaded – report
Ukrainian oligarch Pavel Fuks, accused of paying locals to daub swastikas in Kahriv and Kyiv, quoted saying ‘he had no choice’ after Russian agents approached him
By Tobias Siegal
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