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About 1,000 New Victim Identifications Announced at Babyn Yar Anniversary

Newly opened archives are restoring names to the dead during wartime commemorations in Kyiv.

Overview

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the annual memorial alongside leading rabbis and Jewish community figures, according to organizers.
  • Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center CEO Anna Furman said researchers have identified about 1,000 additional victims, with 29,000 names now confirmed overall.
  • Organizers reported that 1,761 newly uncovered names were read aloud and published following expanded access to state archives.
  • Attendance at the March of Memory was lower after a Russian strike on Kyiv hours earlier that killed four civilians and injured dozens, participants said.
  • General Director Oleksiy Makukhin announced the completion of Robina House, an interactive memorial and educational space at the site.