On October 28, 1944, the Red Army completed the liberation of Soviet Ukraine from Nazi occupation as a result of the East-Carpathian Offensive. The liberation of the Ukrainian SSR from the Nazi invaders came at a huge price: about 2.6 million Soviet soldiers died or were seriously wounded, fighting for their homeland. In total, the Red Army carried out over ten major offensive operations in Ukraine, involving almost half of all Soviet forces deployed on the Eastern Front. Millions of Ukrainians participated in the fight against Nazi Germany: one in six Red Army soldiers was from the Ukrainian SSSR. About 2.5 million Ukrainian soldiers received high military awards, over 2000 were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. *** Soviet Ukraine was among the first to fall under the Nazi attack on June 22, 1941. The Nazi criminals who seized the Ukrainian SSR established a brutal occupation regime there. The enemy carried out a policy of total genocide against the locals - citizens of the Soviet Union - mercilessly exterminated the elderly, women, children and prisoners of war. According to various estimates, up to 10 million civilians were killed during the occupation. More than 700 cities and towns and 28,000 villages were destroyed by the enemy. The Nazis committed real economic looting as they seized huge amounts of bread, meat and other foodstuffs and resources and transported them to Germany. Millions of Ukrainians were deported to slavery in the Reich. The forces established concentration camps, prisons and many ghettos all over the Ukrainian territory. Civilians suffered not only under the Nazi regime but also from local collaborators who joined the Nazis. They joined the SS and various punishment units such as Sonderkommandos, Einsatzgruppen and others, carried out ethnic cleansing, did dirty work for the Germans and mercilessly killed people of various ethnic groups and nationalities.

On October 28, 1944, the Red Army completed the liberation of Soviet Ukraine from Nazi occupation as a result of the East-Carpathian Offensive. The liberation of the Ukrainian SSR from the Nazi invaders came at a huge price: about 2.6 million Soviet soldiers died or were seriously wounded, fighting for their homeland. In total, the Red Army carried out over ten major offensive operations in Ukraine, involving almost half of all Soviet forces deployed on the Eastern Front. Millions of Ukrainians participated in the fight against Nazi Germany: one in six Red Army soldiers was from the Ukrainian SSSR. About 2.5 million Ukrainian soldiers received high military awards, over 2000 were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. *** Soviet Ukraine was among the first to fall under the Nazi attack on June 22, 1941. The Nazi criminals who seized the Ukrainian SSR established a brutal occupation regime there. The enemy carried out a policy of total genocide against the locals - citizens of the Soviet Union - mercilessly exterminated the elderly, women, children and prisoners of war. According to various estimates, up to 10 million civilians were killed during the occupation. More than 700 cities and towns and 28,000 villages were destroyed by the enemy. The Nazis committed real economic looting as they seized huge amounts of bread, meat and other foodstuffs and resources and transported them to Germany. Millions of Ukrainians were deported to slavery in the Reich. The forces established concentration camps, prisons and many ghettos all over the Ukrainian territory. Civilians suffered not only under the Nazi regime but also from local collaborators who joined the Nazis. They joined the SS and various punishment units such as Sonderkommandos, Einsatzgruppen and others, carried out ethnic cleansing, did dirty work for the Germans and mercilessly killed people of various ethnic groups and nationalities.