Every year, on the fourth Saturday of November, Ukraine commemorates the millions of people who died during the Holodomor genocide of 1932–1933, as well as the mass, man-made famines of 1921–1923 and 1946–1947.
In 1932–1933, the communist totalitarian regime deliberately committed the crime of genocide against the Ukrainian people.
Today, in the 21st century, Russia — the successor of that regime — continues the policy of erasing Ukrainian identity.
Mass shelling, strikes on energy infrastructure, deliberate attacks on civilians — all this is a chain of crimes stretching from Stalin’s terror to Putin’s war.
Despite these attacks, the light of remembrance will shine in the windows of Ukrainians. Energy workers are working around the clock to restore the grid after strikes so that even in the most difficult moments Ukrainians can light their candle — because memory does not fade. It cannot be defeated by terror or by darkness.
