President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaks at a Holocaust memorial event
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech next to a menorah at The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre, a place of a mass execution of Jews by Nazis in World War II, during a memorial ceremony in Kiev on August 19, 2019.SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images
  • Russian forces have bombed a Holocaust memorial in Ukraine, President Zelensky said. 
  • Bombs were dropped on Babyn Yar — a site where Nazis carried out massacres during World War II.
  • At least five people were killed in Tuesday's bombing of the site, Zelensky said. 

Russian forces have bombed a Holocaust memorial in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted that bombs were dropped on Babyn Yar, a site where Nazis carried out massacres during World War II that now serves as a memorial to the Holocaust. 

"To the world: what is the point of saying "never again" for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar?" Zelensky Tweeted.

"At least 5 killed," he added of the bombing. "History repeating…" 

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine last week, partially and baselessly blaming the assault on claims that Ukraine is committing genocide against ethnic Russians. Putin has said he aims for the "de-Nazification" of Ukraine, a country led by a Jewish man whose native language is Russian.

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