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Ukraine will never allow fascism to return in Ukraine and there will be no racial discrimination, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in Kyiv after a ceremony of paying tribute to the victims of Babyn Yar tragedy.

Poroshenko said that only a united Ukraine could overcome the risks and threats it faces today.Speaking of lessons of Babyn Yar tragedy, the head of state noted that it was a "reminder to the whole world about the danger of interethnic hostility."He noted that about 100,000 people were killed from 1941-1943.On September 29, 1941, when Kyiv was occupied by the Nazis, mass executions of civilians started at Babyn Yar.