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flag Yad Vashem rejected Zelensky’s 2022 speech request, citing historical inaccuracy in equating Ukraine’s war with the Holocaust.

flag In January 2026, Israel's Yad Vashem head Dani Dayan reaffirmed his 2022 decision to reject Ukrainian President Zelensky’s request to speak at the Holocaust memorial, citing concerns that equating the war in Ukraine with the Holocaust was historically inaccurate and misleading. flag Dayan emphasized that not all war crimes amount to genocide, and some Ukrainians collaborated with Nazis during WWII, including members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army responsible for mass killings. flag The remarks come amid ongoing tensions over historical memory, with Russia accusing Ukraine of glorifying Nazi collaborators, while Ukrainian officials deny such claims. flag U.S. intelligence also found no evidence Ukraine targeted Putin in a December 2025 drone strike, countering Russian allegations used to disrupt peace talks.

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