“We commemorate the anniversary of the Holodomor as the brave people of Ukraine continue to defend their freedom and the sovereignty of Ukraine from Russia’s brutal war of aggression,” said US President Joe Biden on November 25, the day the world commemorates the victims of the Holodomor of 1932. 1933 Holodomor in Ukraine. – Ninety years ago, the inhumane policies of Joseph Stalin and the Soviet regime led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainian men, women and children from deliberately induced famine… Stalin and his regime systematically seized Ukrainian grain and farms and transported the Ukrainian grain to other parts of the USSR as a tactic of suppression of the national identity of Ukraine.”
Russian leaders are now pursuing a similar policy: “Today, Ukraine’s agricultural infrastructure is again being deliberately targeted, this time by Vladimir Putin as part of his quest for conquest and power. Russian troops seek to destroy Ukraine’s economy and independence by deliberately damaging fields and destroying Ukrainian granaries and ports. This is not just an attack on Ukraine’s economic security, it is a cynical attack on food security around the world. “Putin is harming the world’s most vulnerable communities to benefit Russia,” the US president said in a statement.
Joe Biden emphasized that on this anniversary we not only remember the dead and those murdered, but also “pay tribute to those… who survived such hardships and who still continue to fight against tyranny.” The White House reaffirmed “its commitment to preventing suffering, protecting fundamental freedoms, and responding to human rights violations whenever and wherever they occur.”
The US State Department also made a statement. As spokesman Matthew Miller said: “We honor all the lives lost in this terrible tragedy and the determination of the people of Ukraine who overcame these challenges to ultimately create a free and democratic society.”
The Holodomor, a mass famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932-1933, was caused by the Soviet government’s policy of grain acquisition and confiscation of all food supplies from Ukrainian peasants. At least 5 million people died from the famine: exact numbers are unknown or hidden. Experts agree that it was a famine deliberately organized on the territory of Ukraine by the Allied authorities. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized the Holodomor as genocide in 2006.
As previously reported by Voice of America, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe not only recognized the Holodomor as an act of genocide of the Ukrainian people, but also condemned the crimes committed today by Russia against the Ukrainian people. The resolution adopted on October 12, 2023 at the PACE meeting in Strasbourg stated that Russia’s deliberate policy of aggression against Ukraine is “a tragic reminder of the previous attempt to destroy the Ukrainian nation.”
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller stressed today that “since July, Russia has destroyed hundreds of thousands of tons of Ukrainian grain along with grain infrastructure. “As we remember the victims of the Holodomor, we reaffirm our continued commitment to the people of Ukraine, their freedom and democracy.”
“We are united with Ukraine!” -This is how the President of the United States’ speech ended.
