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Russia damages Holocaust Memorial in Drobytsky Yar near Kharkiv

Nazis killed about 19,000 people at this place 80 years ago.

Russian troops fired on and damaged Holocaust Memorial in Drobytsky Yar near Kharkiv. 

This was reported in Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, having published photo.

"The russian invaders fired on and damaged Holocaust Memorial in Drobytsky Yar near Kharkiv. The Nazis have returned. Exactly 80 years later," the statement said.

Drobytsky Yar is located in Zatyshshya village. This is place of mass shootings of civilians by Nazis in 1941-1942. About 16-19 thousand people were killed there.

During the first week of the full-scale invasion, Russia launched a missile attack on Babin Yar memorial location. Five people were killed.

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