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RFE/RL: Presidents of Ukraine, Israel, Germany mark 80 years since slaughter at Babyn Yar

Published Oct. 7, 2021 at 10:38 am

This handout picture taken and released on Oct. 6, 2021 by the Ukrainian presidential press-service shows German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier taking part in a mourning ceremony at Babyn Yar in Kyiv.

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The presidents of Ukraine, Israel, and Germany have inaugurated a memorial center for the victims of the Babyn Yar massacre in Ukraine, 80 years after the infamous mass slaughter by the Nazis.