On Holodomor Remembrance Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska took part in an event to honor the memory of the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine, which took place at the National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide.
The presidential couple put symbolic compositions of spikelets at the sculpture "Bitter Memory of Childhood".
The memory of the victims of the Holodomor was also honored by Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.
A nationwide moment of silence was declared, after which the all-Ukrainian action "Light a Candle" began.
The children present at the ceremony handed over the lighted icon lamps to the Head of State and the First Lady, which Volodymyr and Olena Zelenskyy installed on the Alley of Black Boards.
The President and the First Lady also visited the National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide and watched its exposition.
