22 March, 2023
đď¸ On March 21, 2023, a conference titled "Ukraine and Its Past: The Holodomor" was held at the French National Assembly. It was organized by MPs Anne Genetet (Renaissance), Boris Vallaud (Socialist Party), Jean-Louis Bourlanges (MoDem), ValĂŠrie Rabault (Socialist Party), Cyrielle Chatelain (Europe Ecology â The Greens), and Benjamin Haddad (Renaissance), President of the France-Ukraine Friendship Group in the National Assembly.The event, attended by Ukraineâs Ambassador to France, Vadym Omelchenko, and the association Stand With Ukraine, aimed to raise awareness among the public and parliamentarians about the tragedy of the Holodomorâa genocide orchestrated in 1932-1933, during which nearly six million victims perished in a famine organized by the USSR under Stalin.âď¸ As the N...
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17 March, 2023
With the campaign âLights for winterâ bringing together in recent months the towns of Sarcelles (France) and Ichnia (Ukraine) to send generators to Ukraine, the two towns were able to meet recently through a video-conference organized by Stand with Ukraine.The Mayor of Ichnia Mrs Olena Buturlym, accompanied by representatives of the local economy, described the small rural town of 10,000 people in the region of Chernihiv. Mrs Buturlym spoke of the impact of the war with the transit of Russian columns at the start of the invasion, and evoked major projects in progress today to ensure the functioning of the municipality. Mr Patrick Haddad, Mayor of Sarcelles, then presented his municipality and the commitment of its inhabitants to supporting Ukraine.After a first cooperation with the...
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17 March, 2023
As part of their participation in the campaign âLights for winterâ the Urban Area of Saint-Brieuc and its Ukrainian partner, the town of Ovroutch, met for the first time through a video conference last Friday.A town of 15,000 people near the Belarusian frontier, the municipality of Ovroutch organized its defense against Russiaâs offensive in the earliest weeks of the invasion. Recalling this period of resistance followed by the on-going war and reconstruction efforts, the Mayor of Ovroutch thanked France and the Urban Area of Saint-Brieuc for their support in these difficult times.Speaking for the French, Thibaut Guignard, the Mayor of PlĹuc-lâHermitage, expressed in the name of the Urban Area the solidarity of the citizens of Saint-Brieuc with the people of Ukraine and their wish ...
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