LVIV, UKRAINE - MAY 21: People lay flowers and candles at the Monument to the Victims of Communist Crimes on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression in Lviv, Ukraine on May 21, 2023. The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression in Ukraine is commemorated annually on the third Sunday of May. The commemorative date was established by the Presidential Decree of May 21, 2007, in order to honor the memory of the victims of the political repressions of the Soviet totalitarian regime. Due to the Russian-Ukrainian war and the threat of air attacks in Lviv, only flowers were placed at the monument to the Victims of Communist Crimes and the innocent victims of totalitarian repression were honored with a prayer. Pavlo Palamarchuk / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM