President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine issued a statement on September 7 condemning any acts of disrespect for the memory of millions of Holodomor victims, their relatives and the entire Ukrainian nation, and called on law enforcement agencies to investigate as soon as possible the act of desecration of the sculpture “Bitter Memory of Childhood” at the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide that occurred on the night of August 22.
In an official statement, the president referred to a letter from Ukrainian World Congress President Paul Grod calling for measures to investigate the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.