Kuleba: Russia continues to attack Holocaust memorials in Ukraine

26.03.2022 22:02

Ukrinform

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba expects that Israel will strongly condemn the shelling by the Russian troops of a menorah monument in Drobytskyi Yar in Kharkiv region.

He wrote about this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports.

“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,” he wrote.

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

On March 26, Russian forces damaged a menorah monument at the Drobytskyi Yar Holocaust memorial complex, near Kharkiv.

Drobytskyi Yar was the site of executions in 1941-1942 by Nazi troops of civilians, most of whom were Jews, in Kharkiv and Kharkiv region. About 20,000 people were killed in there.