On 28 March, the French Parliament recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Twitter.
The Holodomor was Stalin’s man-made that killed roughly four million Ukrainians.
“The [French] Parliament’s recognition of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the [Ukrainian] people is important and symbolic. We’re grateful for [France’s] strong contribution to exposing the crimes of totalitarian Russia, past and present,” Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.
France becomes the 26th country to recognize the Holodomor as genocide.
Iceland joins 25 countries that recognize Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainians
Read also:
- Belgian parliament recognized Soviet-made 1932-1933 Holodomor famine in Ukraine as genocide
- European Parliament recognizes Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainians
- Russia’s Erzya national movement recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians
- German Parliament recognizes Ukraine’s Holodomor a genocide
- Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania leaders call to recognize Holodomor as genocide
- Romania, Moldova, Ireland recognize Stalin’s Holodomor famine as genocide of Ukrainians
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