Ukrainian leaders attended a ceremony commemorating the thousands of people massacred by Nazi troops at Babi Yar. President Leonid Kuchma was among the government officials at the ceremony, during which the cornerstone for a Jewish heritage center sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee was unveiled.
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