The Parliament of Croatia has recognised the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

Ukraine's foreign minister expressed gratitude to Croatian lawmakers for this decision.

"Today, Croatia recognised the 1932-1933 Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people. I am grateful to the Croatian parliament for honouring the memory of millions of victims with this historic vote. The global recognition of the Holodomor genocide continues to grow swiftly," tweeted Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Today, Croatia recognized the 1932-1933 Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people. I am grateful to the Croatian parliament for honoring the memory of millions of victims with this historic vote. The global recognition of the Holodomor genocide continues to grow swiftly.

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) June 28, 2023

The Holodomor was an artificially created famine orchestrated by the Stalinist repressive regime in 1932-1933 during the peak of collectivisation, which involved the forced seizure of private property and the establishment of collective farms. As a result, between four to six million Ukrainians, predominantly in rural areas, perished.

Earlier, the Croatian government expressed support for the parliamentary initiative to recognise the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

To date, the Holodomor has been recognised as genocide of the Ukrainian people by the parliaments of more than two dozen countries worldwide, as well as the European Parliament.