To American Leadership and International Stakeholders,
The Stanford community is urging you to respond to the war crimes and blatant violations of international law committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
Since the early morning of Feb. 24 2022, a peaceful, democratic, European nation of over 40 million has been fighting alone against a full-scale Russian invasion, as the world observes from the sidelines. No region in Ukraine has been safe from airstrikes, ballistic missiles, rockets, shells that have indiscriminately attacked schools[1], kindergartens, orphanages[2], hospitals[3], and residential districts[4], causing significant civilian casualties. Innocent people are regularly dying from unjustifiable Russian aggression.
The current situation continues the pattern of Russian aggression that went unaddressed in Georgia, Syria, Ukrainian Crimea, and Donbas. It threatens international peace and security. In the name of our commitment to democracy and sovereignty, we, the undersigned, implore you to undertake the following actions immediately:
- Support Ukrainian defense with military assistance in the form of defensive weapons, equipment, modern air defense systems, and cybersecurity aid
- Impose the strongest available economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus
- Isolate the Russian Federation and Belarus economically, technologically, diplomatically
- Provide further financial support to Ukraine
- Provide humanitarian aid to Ukrainian citizens in the form of medical supplies, refugee assistance, food, and other essentials
- Provide military-humanitarian airlift for the Ukrainian population, providing the necessary resources to civilians
- Call on major technological companies to sever ties with Russia and Russian businesses
Now is the time to take action.
[1]
https://www.rferl.org/amp/russia-ukraine-donbass-vrubivka-shelling/31708351.html[2]
https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1497186665156255754[3]
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/25/ukraine-russian-cluster-munition-hits-hospital[4]
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-02-26/ukrainian-forces-hold-kyiv-russia-invasion