Ukraine: Ban Ki-moon honours Ukrainians that fought Nazis

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited Kiev on Friday to commemorate the Ukrainians who fought to defend their country against the Nazis. Addressing the media in front of a symbolic map of Ukraine constructed from red poppies, alongside Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Ban Ki-moon said "we are honouring and commemorating the many valiant and courageous Ukrainian soldiers and citizens who fought to defend their country, to defend their human dignity against the aggression of Nazism." The UN General Secretary, who is also due to visit the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev, also stated that he wished to see a peaceful resolution to the current Ukrainian conflict between the government of Kiev and rebels fighting for autonomy in the east.