Some 30% of the Ukrainians polled claim they support the idea of making Russian an official language, according to an opinion poll conducted by Rating Group Ukraine.
Ukrainian ministers and Prime Minister Volodymy Groysman laid flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Park of Eternal Glory in Kyiv on Thursday, June 23, to commemorate victims of the Second World War, according to the Cabinet's website.
Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych says there are ten monuments and 18 plaques in Kyiv that are subject to dismantling under the de-communization law, according to 44.ua.
Ukrainian officials have announced a criminal investigation into Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his secret police chief, Lavrenty Beria, for the mass deportation of Muslim Tatars from the Crimean Peninsula during World War II, which killed tens of thousands, according Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).