Ukraine honours the memory of the Second World War victims

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Today, June 22, Ukraine honours the memory of the victims of World War II, the most ambitious stage of which has begun seventy-seven years ago, «112 Ukraine» reported.

The Day of Grief and Commemoration of the War Victims was established in Ukraine by the decree of President Leonid Kuchma in November 17, 2000. For the purpose of «nation-wide respect for the memory of the Ukrainian sons and daughters who fell during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, their heroism and sacrifice».

Note that 77 years later the researchers the researchers could not agree on a single figure of the number of victims. According to the estimate calculation, the total number of the war victims is 41 million 979 thousand people, but this is approximate data. Ukraine’s direct losses is 8-10 million of them, 3.5-4 million Ukrainians were killed in the ranks of the Red Army. More than 10 million people were left without housing.