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Zelensky: Impossible to forgive 'genocide' of Stalin-era famine

President Volodomyr Zelensky of Ukraine declared on Saturday that forgiveness for the "crimes of genocide" committed during the Soviet famine under Joseph Stalin's reign was unattainable.

AFP WORLD
Published November 25,2023
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Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky said Saturday it was "impossible" to forgive the "crimes of genocide" during a famine that took place under the rule of Soviet dictactor Joseph Stalin.

"It is impossible to forget, understand and especially forgive the horrific crimes of genocide that the Ukrainian people experienced in the 20th century," Zelensky said as he marked another annual Remembrance Day of the starvation, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of his country.