The President of Ukraine addressed the people of the country on the anniversary of the famine of 1932-1933, which is celebrated in the country on November 26. Volodymyr Zelensky compared Russia’s attempts to destroy Ukraine’s energy system to the artificial famine staged by the Stalinist regimethe BBC’s Russian Service quoted him as saying
“Today we light candles again because Moscow is trying to destroy us, now with darkness and cold,” Zelensky said.
On the anniversary of the famine, many Ukrainians usually light candles and place them in their windows to honor the memory of the victims. Many countries around the world consider the events of the early 1930s to be genocide against the Ukrainian people, but the current Russian authorities do not agree with this assessment.
This was noted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in its statement on the anniversary of the famine like the then communist government, “Putin’s regime is organizing the global ‘Hunger Games’. “Hundreds of millions of people in Africa and Asia have already suffered from the destruction of agricultural infrastructure and the blockade of Ukrainian grain exports by the Russian Federation,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
According to international organizations at the beginning of the year the food situation in the world has worsened drastically due to the blockade of Ukrainian grain exports established by the Russian army. However, in mid-summer the UN, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey concluded a deal to resume food supplies from Ukrainian Black Sea portswhich helped to reduce prices and partially fill the shortage of grain. It has been extended two weeks ago for another four months.
