Israel condemns the nationalist march that took place on January 1 on the occasion of the 113th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera. The corresponding message was published on Twitter on the page of the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine.
"The glorification of those who supported the Nazi ideology desecrates the memory of the victims of the Holocaust in Ukraine. We demand an investigation into the anti-Semitic manifestations that took place during the march of the law adopted in 2021", it is written in the message.
According to the police, on January 1, Ukraine held 56 mass events in honor of Bandera's birthday, in which about 3,5 people took part. man About 600 people participated in the torchlight procession in Kyiv.
