Ukrainian World Congress calls for Rallies of Justice to mark Russian Shame Day

The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) is continuing the  #RussianShameDay global campaign that was launched on May 9 last year to spread the truth about the heinous crimes committed by Russia in its unprovoked and genocidal war against the Ukrainian people. 

By distorting historical facts, Russia and its criminal leadership use the memory of the victory over Nazism in World War II to promote militarism, to justify its genocidal war of aggression against Ukraine, and its pursuit of aggressive policies against the world’s democracies.

One of the weapons that Russia uses in its hybrid aggression is the so-called “Immortal Regiment,” marches and demonstrations that are coordinated by Moscow; UWC calls for these marches to be banned in all EU member states.

The Ukrainian World Congress calls upon everyone who supports Ukraine around the world to hold peaceful demonstrations, rallies or marches on the eve of Russia’s Day of Shame, May 9, 2023. For this purpose, UWC has prepared messaging and visuals for use in your cities and communities.

UWC calls upon community organizers around the world to appeal to Ukraine’s allies, to the governments and political leaders in all peace-loving countries around the world, and ask them to:

• Declare the Russian war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine as genocide of the Ukrainian people;
• Designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism/terrorist state;
• Designate the Wagner Group as an international terrorist organization;
• Establish a specialInternational War Crimes Tribunal for Russia to investigate all of the Russian
• Federation’s crimes, including those of its leadership, and of all those responsible for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine

We encourage you to share the stories of civilians who have suffered from Russian terrorism on social media using the #RussianShameDay hashtag.

Additional information, including instructions on how organizations can get involved, is available on the  RussianShameDay website.