On September 8, we pay tribute to the memory of Ukrainians who were victims of forced resettlement from Lemkivshchyna, Nadsyannya, Kholmshchyna, Southern Pidlashschia, Lubachivshchyna, and Western Boikivshchyna in 1944-1951 and the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the deportation of Ukrainians from these territories.

At least 482,000 Ukrainians fell victim to this policy of the communist regime, suffering repression, confiscation of property, and human rights abuses during the resettlement.

The criminal Stalinist regime used the practice of forced resettlement as one of the shameful methods of repression and enslavement, a way to destroy the national identity of the Ukrainian and other peoples. As part of this policy, an act of genocide, forced deportation, was committed against the Crimean Tatar people in 1944. 

In this regard, Russia's current crimes against Ukrainians in the course of full-scale aggression, among which one of the most shameful is the forced deportation, including deportation of Ukrainian children, are a continuation of Stalin's policy of terror and repression.

Unpunished evil returns. All peace-loving states that respect human life and international law must work together to restore justice for all past and present crimes of the Kremlin.

We call on the international community to condemn the crimes of the communist regime and to make every effort to strengthen Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. We call for united efforts to implement the Peace Formula, which includes the release of all illegally deported persons.