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Zelensky Urges Action Against Antisemitism at Babyn Yar

1/28/2026

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned antisemitism at Babyn Yar ravine near Kyiv on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, highlighted the site where over 33,000 Jews were killed in 1941, and emphasized the need for action against rising antisemitism.
He was accompanied by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, the head of the president’s office Kyrylo Budanov, and 30 foreign ambassadors.
Prominent rabbis, including Rabbi Meir Stambler and Rabbi Moshe Azman, attended.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned antisemitism at Babyn Yar ravine near Kyiv on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, highlighted the site where over 33,000 Jews were killed in 1941, and emphasized the need for action against rising antisemitism.
He was accompanied by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, the head of the president’s office Kyrylo Budanov, and 30 foreign ambassadors.
Prominent rabbis, including Rabbi Meir Stambler and Rabbi Moshe Azman, attended.