The authorities of the city of Hiroshima will not send the Russian side an invitation to the ceremony of the memory of the victims of the American atomic bombing, carried out on August 6, 1945. This was reported on Friday by Kyodo.
Usually invitations were sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian diplomats in Japan. As noted, the decision is related to the war in Ukraine. Last year, Russia at the event was represented by the Consul General in Osaka Alexander Tersky.
About 3.5 thousand people will take part in a memorial ceremony – more than in 2020 and 2021, when there were covid restrictions on public events.
As a result of the explosion of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, one day, according to various estimates, killed from 70 thousand to 100 thousand people. By the end of 1945, the number of victims increased to 140 thousand at the expense of those who died in hospitals from the wounds received and radiation.
Every year this sad list is replenished when one of the “shacks” dies (as in Japan they call local residents who survived American atomic bombing). In addition, those who died during the very blow, whose death has not yet been confirmed, have not been brought there. To date, more than 350 thousand people are included in it.