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Ukrainian genocide (or Ukrainian ethnocide)  is allegations of campaigns of complete or partial destruction of the Ukrainian people, organized and carried out by the Soviet and Russian states. Allegations of genocide include the Holodomor and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On April 14, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized the actions committed by the Russian Federation during the last phase of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine as a Ukrainian genocide. The Parliament of Ukraine appealed to the international community to recognize Russia's Ukrainian genocide, as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes in Ukraine.

Holodomor
As of 2022, the Holodomor is officially recognized as genocide of the Ukrainian people in 18 countries (see also Holodomor genocide question) and six churches, namely: the Latin Church in Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Orthodox Church of Ukraine,  Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). The author of the term "genocide" and one of the initiators of the definition of genocide in legal terms — Rafal Lemkin — considered the Holodomor a genocide of the Ukrainian people. Scholars debate "whether the man-made Soviet famine was a central act in a campaign of genocide, or whether it was designed to simply cow Ukrainian peasants into submission, drive them into the collectives and ensure a steady supply of grain for Soviet industrialization."

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
In late March, prior to the Russian retreat from Kyiv, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova stated that Ukrainian prosecutors had collected evidence of 2,500 suspected cases of war crimes committed by Russia during the invasion and had identified "several hundred suspects". Matilda Bogner, the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, also raised concerns about the precise documentation of civilian casualties specifically in regions and cities under heavy fire, highlighting the lack of electricity and reliable communications.

In an interview with Bild, Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said that "what happened in Bucha and other suburbs of Kyiv can only be described as genocide" and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes. President Zelenskyy visited the area on 4 April 2022, to show reporters and the world the reported atrocities in Bucha.

Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine's human rights commissioner, stated that sexual violence against civilians was weaponized by the Russian soldiers as part of what she referred to as "genocide of Ukrainian people". According to Denisova, as of 6 April 2022, a special telephone helpline had received at least 25 reports of rape of women and girls from Bucha, aged between 14 and 24.

During the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, when the victims of the massacres in Kyiv Oblast became known, the website of the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti published an article "What Russia should do with Ukraine", perceived to justify a Ukrainian genocide. It calls for repression, de-Ukrainization, de-Europeanization, and ethnocide of the Ukrainians. According to Oxford expert on Russian affairs Samuel Ramani, the article "represents mainstream Kremlin thinking". According to Euractiv, Sergeitsev is "one of the ideologists of modern Russian fascism". The head of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs called the article "ordinary fascism". On April 14, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized the actions committed by the Russian Federation during the last phase of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, as Ukrainian genocide. It is pointed out that acts of genocide in Russia's actions are manifested, in particular, in the commission of mass atrocities in the cities of Bucha, Borodianka, Hostomel, Irpin and others.

The alleged genocide perpetrated by Russian troops in Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War may be the largest in Europe since World War II.

Reactions
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said that the United States is highly likely to officially recognize the actions of the Russian Federation as genocide after a speech by US President Joe Biden in which he called the invasion a genocide. Former President Donald Trump joined President Biden in calling Russia's war in Ukraine a "genocide". The President of Colombia Iván Duque supported Joe Biden and called genocide what is happening in Ukraine.

The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau believes that it is right that more and more politicians use the word "genocide" when talking about Russia's war against Ukraine, despite the fact that there is a formal process for defining genocide.

The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) has called on NATO to immediately provide Kyiv with the heavy offensive weapons needed to end the Russia`s genocide of Ukrainians.

President of France Emmanuel Macron called Russia's actions in Ukraine a war crime, but declined to talk about genocide and said 'Ukrainians and Russians are brothers'. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Macron's words very painful and promised to discuss the issue with him.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson said that the evidence of crimes against civilians in Bucha did not look "Far Short Of Genocide". President of Poland Andrzej Duda considers the actions of the Russian Federation to be genocide. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lithuanian Parliament called on the international community to condemn the war crimes committed by Russia and to classify them as genocide. Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš believes that Russia's actions in Ukraine correspond to the concept of "genocide", "by all indications, Russia is trying to destroy the Ukrainian people. In my opinion, this is genocide" - Karinsch said.