President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska honored the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, as well as the mass man-made famines of 1921–1922 and 1946–1947.

At the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Head of State and his wife participated in a prayer service commemorating the Holodomor victims in Ukraine.

After the service, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska, alongside representatives of the military and political leadership and clergy, proceeded to the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide.

The President and First Lady laid sheaf arrangements at the Bitter Memory of Childhood monument.

“We all know how and why millions of our people were starved to death and how millions more were never born. And once again, we are defending ourselves against Russia – a Russia that has not changed and once again brings death. We must stand united in our defense, just as we are united in preserving our national memory,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska noted in their joint statement.

The President and First Lady called on Ukrainians to light candles at their windows today at 4:00 PM in memory of all children, women, and men who perished from man-made famine.