Dear Editor:

In response to the recent vandalism of the Holodomor memorial in Kyiv, Nicholas Kocherha, president of the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation – USA Inc., sent a letter to the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he stated that “the foundation …considers the act to be an insult which is unacceptable in a democratic state. The sculpture stands as a reminder to the Ukrainian people, and the whole world of our history, and the price of freedom that cost the lives of tens of millions of Ukrainians… for over a century the Ukrainian diaspora has been doing everything possible to establish worldwide recognition of Ukraine; and with the joint efforts of Ukrainians across the globe, many countries now acknowledge the Genocide of Ukrainians in 1932-1933, during which over 10 million Ukrainians were exterminated… the bronze sculpture must be restored and installed in its dedicated place.”