“The President was explained that all the survivors who have approached us in recent days have received an answer to their requests, and that the museum has no opportunity to attract elderly people to participate in the ceremony at the last moment. In such conditions, his decision (Zelensky. - RT) is perplexing, ”RIA Novosti quoted the press service as saying.

The organizers noted that they are "very sorry."

Earlier it was reported that Zelensky decided not to go to the World Holocaust Forum in Israel and gave his place to those "who survived this terrible tragedy."

The President of Ukraine also said that he is currently not sure whether he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Israel.

Putin on Thursday, January 23, arrived in Israel to participate as the main guest in the forum "Keeping the memory of the Holocaust, fighting anti-Semitism." The Russian leader has already met with the Israeli Prime Minister, the mother of the Israeli woman, convicted in Russia, Naama Issahar, the Patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Theophilus III, and also held talks with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.