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Ukrinform: Poroshenko says “Babyn Yar” memorial should be a symbol of unity of nations

Published Sept. 29, 2016 at 4:02 pm

Ukraine's Raisa Maistrenko lays flowers during a visit to the Babi Yar memorial monument in Kyiv on September 23, 2016 a few days before Ukraine marks the 75th anniversary of the September 1941 mass executions of Jews by the Nazis during World War II at Babi Yar in Kyiv.

Photo by AFP

Today on the 75th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has taken part in the ceremony of signing a declaration on establishing the Memorial Center of Holocaust Victims “Babyn Yar”.

The ceremony was held in Taras Shevchenko National Museum of Kyiv, the president’s press service reports.