European Parliament Recognizes Holodomor as Genocide of the Ukrainian People

The European Parliament has recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. On Thursday, 506 members voted in favor of the corresponding resolution, 12 against, and 17 abstained.

“The European Parliament recognizes the famine organized by the Soviet regime in Ukraine during 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, as genocide. Members of the European Parliament strongly condemn these actions that led to the death of millions of Ukrainians and call upon all countries and organizations that have yet to do so to follow their example and recognize it as genocide,” the resolution states.

The European Parliament has called on the Russian Federation to “apologize for these crimes as the main legal successor of the Soviet Union.”

“The resolution accuses the current regime in Russia of violating Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, aiming to eliminate Ukraine as a national state and destroy its people’s identity and culture. It also condemns the fact that the ongoing war has led to a global food crisis, as Russia destroys and plunders Ukraine’s granaries and continues to obstruct the export of Ukraine's grain to the world’s poorest countries,” the statement highlights.

Previously, Germany and the Czech Republic had recognized the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.