Embassy of Israel in Ukraine: march in honor of Bandera defiles the memory of the victims of the Holocaust
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Israel condemned the torchlight procession in honor of the 113th anniversary of the birth of the leader of Ukrainian nationalists Stepan Bandera. The statement of the country's embassy in Ukraine was published on Facebook.
“The glorification of those who supported the Nazi ideology defiles the memory of the victims of the Holocaust in Ukraine,” the message says.
The embassy demanded that Kiev conduct a thorough investigation of anti-Semitic manifestations that took place during the event.
Events in honor of the birthday of the leader of Ukrainian nationalists are held in Kiev every year. In April 2021, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the scale and frequency of neo-Nazi actions in Ukraine are growing and becoming more and more aggressive. According to her, the followers of the Nazi-fascist ideology go unpunished and receive the support of the authorities.
