Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now with darkness and cold. It's not going to work Zelenskyy

Ukrainian authorities have reminded their fellow citizens that the Russians will be held responsible for the historical crime of the Holodomor, as well as for their current war crimes.

Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Andrii Yermak, the Head of the President’s Office of Ukraine; Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal; Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian Parliament]; video posted by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy

Quote from Zelenskyy: "Ukrainians have been through some very terrible things. And despite everything, we have retained the ability not to obey and our love for freedom. Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now with darkness and cold.

We cannot be broken.

Our fire will not go out.

We will conquer death again."

Quote from Yermak: "We remember the Holodomor. We know who the architect of the genocide was. We also see who wants to create a ‘Coldomor’. ["Coldomor" is a paraphrase; Yermak is referring to Russia’s ongoing attempts to freeze Ukrainians to death during this war – ed.]

The Russians will pay for all the victims of the Holodomor and will be held responsible for today's crimes. It will be a historic time of retribution."

Quote from Shmyhal: "Once again, 90 years later, the Russian regime wants to break Ukrainians and our will through genocide. It will not happen. The invincible and brave Ukrainian people will stand and flourish again after victory. And Russia will definitely pay for its crimes. Step by step, we are bringing this day closer."

Details: Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, stressed that Ukrainians will always stand up for historical justice.

"We will always appeal to the world to prevent such crimes from ever happening again!" Stefanchuk emphasised.

The Ministry of Information Policy reminds people to light a candle of remembrance to pay tribute to the victims of Holodomor at 16:00.

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