Unknown persons with communist symbols attacked Ukrainians in Greece

In the Greek city of Mandra, a group of unknown persons with communist symbols attacked representatives of the Ukrainian community during an event dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-33.

According to the priest of the Ukrainian Church Community of St. Nicholas of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Greece , Ihor Posolenyk, Ukrainians gathered near the local monument to Taras Shevchenko in Mandra, mostly women and children. Later, they were approached by a group of people with red flags who shouted anti-Ukrainian slogans. The video posted by Posolenyk also shows explosions.

According to the participants of the event, the attackers were insulting and threatening, and a diplomat of the Ukrainian Embassy in Greece was injured in the violence.

Photo: Ihor Posoleniko

The Ukrainian diplomatic mission confirmed that a diplomat was indeed injured in the clash. According to the ministry, the action was disrupted by members of the Communist Party of Greece. The embassy called on Greek law enforcement to promptly investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.

"It is extremely important to protect the right of people and communities to honor the memory of historical tragedies without the threat of intimidation or violence," the Ukrainian diplomatic service said.

In the occupied territories, the Russians are trying to erase any mention of their crime, which led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. In the temporarily occupied territories, the aggressor immediately destroyed everything that reminded of the tragedy: monuments, museum exhibits, and other symbols. In addition, they call for reporting those who light candles of remembrance or show other signs of grief on Saturday. With such threats, the enemy is trying to eradicate Ukrainians' national memory.

The Holodomor Remembrance Day was introduced in 1998 by a decree of the then President Leonid Kuchma. The name of this day was changed several times until it was established in 2007 as "Holodomor Victims' Remembrance Day." According to various estimates, between 3.5 and 10 million people died as a result of the Holodomor. The Holodomor has been officially recognized as genocide of the Ukrainian people by 28 countries.

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