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| Zelensky criticizes Soviets at Babi Yar ceremony |
| 2021-10-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. I think Zelensky is being a bit unfair. Russian authorities recognize and criticize Soviet actions between 1917 and now. [Rusvesna] On October 6, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacres. So, Zelensky called Babi Yar "a place that God left forever, and the devil bypasses." And he said that "the Holocaust pandemic began here." Further, the president described in paints how people were killed "on an industrial scale." He quoted the announcement: "All Kiev Jews to come here" (presumably, we are talking about the station where the Jews of Kiev were gathered). In addition, Zelensky said that in addition to Jews, gypsies, Ukrainians, and prisoners of war were killed. He said that Babi Yar is "a monument to a man who kills." The head of the Ukrainian state also added that Ukraine is a state where people are important, not ideology (unlike the Nazis). Zelensky also said that the current event is a "test for like-minded people." At the same time, Zelensky could not resist criticizing the USSR. He said that the Soviet authorities poured waste into Babi Yar, "They simply tried not to notice the tragedy." The President reproached that stadiums and other facilities were being built near this place. And they did not build a "worthy memorial complex." The monument to "Soviet citizens and prisoners of war soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army, shot by the German fascists in Babi Yar" was erected back in 1976. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 German military and SS planned and mostly carried out the Babi Yar massacre but were aided by hundreds of Ukrainian nationals. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-10-08 10:36 |
| #1 The Germans executed a lot of Poles before they got to Russia. Just sayin. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-10-08 09:51 |