29 March, 2023
Tuesday, March 28, 2023, marked a historic day for memory and international justice. The French National Assembly overwhelmingly adopted (168 votes to 2) a resolution recognizing the Holodomor, the great famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine, as genocide. This famine, orchestrated by Soviet authorities, led to the deaths of several million people.The organization Stand With Ukraine was present during this crucial debate, reaffirming its unwavering support for the victims and the historical acknowledgment of this tragedy.The adopted resolution calls on the French government to formalize this recognition and promote access to archives on the Holodomor, particularly in Russia, to better document these events. The resolution received broad support, except for members of the La Fr...
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31 December, 2022
On December 26th, a small group of elite Ukrainian commandos lost their lives crossing the Russian border. These missions behind enemy lines are extraordinarily dangerous. Stand With Ukraine today tells the story of these four heroes and pays tribute to the courage and dedication of Ukrainian commandos.Since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian commandos have carried out incredibly risky operations to combat Russian aggression. Most of these missions are classified, but one rare example was made public in November when it was revealed that a Ukrainian commando had destroyed three Ka-52 helicopters in the Pskov region without being detected.Unfortunately, on December 26th, while the small team was crossing the border between Ukraine and the Russian region of Bryansk, they fell int...
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23 December, 2022
In France, some minimize or deny Russian crimes. The New York Times published an investigation based on eight months work to understand and prove the role of a Russian unit in the Bucha massacre. The New York Times investigation relies on multiple sources: video-surveillance and drone images, witness accounts by inhabitants and telephone intercepts. The journalists were particularly interested in the 234th regiment of Pskov, involved in the massacres. Stand with Ukraine welcomes this important work, as for a considerable time the association has been denouncing the crimes committed by Russia and visited Bucha in April 2022.The investigators established the following timeline:Russia attacked Ukraine on the morning of February 24. On the 27th, Russian units entered Bucha, a small ...
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