Today, July 27, an event titled «Free Azov» will take place in Kyiv. It will start at 5:00 PM on the Nабережне шосе, between the River Port and the Park Bridge. The aim of this event is to honor the memory of the fallen and to call for the release of the captured defenders of Mariupol, particularly the fighters of the «Azov» regiment.

This was reported by the Association of Families of Defenders of «Azovstal».

On July 28 at 5:00 PM, another event will be held in Kyiv to commemorate the third anniversary of the terrorist act in Olenivka.

«In collaboration with the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv, we announce the reopening of the exhibition «OLENIVKA: the Essence of Cruelty». For the first time in three years since the tragedy, July 28 will become a Day of Remembrance for the Defenders of Ukraine, participants of volunteer formations, as well as civilians who were executed, tortured, or died in captivity.

The Olenivka terrorist act is considered one of the most brutal attacks perpetrated by Russia against prisoners of war. The mass killing of Azov prisoners in Olenivka occurred on the night of July 28-29, 2022, by Russian occupation forces against unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war who were defenders of «Azovstal» in Mariupol. As a result of the Russian crime, over 50 Ukrainian prisoners were killed, and more than 130 were injured, — the message states.