Ukraine Marks 80th Anniversary Of Crimean Tatar Genocide

LVIV, UKRAINE - MAY 17: The Crimean Tatar flag flies on a flagpole in front of the Lviv Oblast Military Administration on May 17, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine. On May 18, Ukraine and the world honors the memory of the victims of the Crimean Tatars' deportation from Crimea in 1944. On this day, the Soviet authorities sent the first echelon of Crimean Tatars from the peninsula. In total, about 200,000 people were deported, mostly to Uzbekistan. (Photo by Stanislav Ivanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)