How should the U.S., Europe and their allies respond to this invasion? I am a pacifist, so I am for the non-interventionist approach like economic sanctions. I do not think that Russia has the military capacity to hold on to Ukraine, so I think it will carve some strategic parts of Ukraine, destroy some of its military infrastructures and then pull out. I do not know what motivates President Putin, but I hope that he is still a rational thinker. I am baffled by all of this as I do not see any economic gains for Russia - only losses, especially for Russian people. My Russian friends are against this invasion.ĭmitry Livdan (Photo courtesy Berkeley Haas) I did hear from old school friends who said that they are under attack and they fear for their lives. I do not have close, immediate family in Ukraine - my mother died from COVID last year. ISEEES stands in solidarity with all the people of Ukraine and Russia who oppose this war and push for truth and transparency during these dark times.Īs scholars and students of this region, we at ISEEES will continue to do our best to provide factual and truthful information to help better understand the issues facing the region. The attack is founded on disinformation and bungled interpretations of historiography - from 882AD to the present. The Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at UC Berkeley condemns Putin’s campaign in Ukraine. In solidarity with people ‘who oppose this war and push for truth’Ī statement from the UC Berkeley Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES): We stand in solidarity with our students from the region who are devastated by these events and are ready to support them. We offer our support to those in Russia who oppose this act of aggression, one that risks plunging the post-Soviet region, and with it the entire world, into a global crisis. We express our solidarity with the citizens of neighboring states – from Belarus, Poland, Moldova, the Baltic, Central Asia, and the Caucasus – who stand for peace, freedom, and the right to resist domination by any world power. We stand with the Ukrainian people in this hour. Some of us were born in the region all of us have long-standing ties to friends, family-members, and scholars living there.Īs citizens, educators, and scholars we unequivocally condemn this war unleashed by Russian forces on Ukrainian territory. The tragic events unfolding in Ukraine place a special burden of responsibility on those of us who teach the languages and cultures of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. ‘We stand with the Ukrainian people in this hour’Ī statement from the UC Berkeley Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures: Their thoughts ranged across issues of family, geopolitics and justice, but each of them, in their own ways, expressed shock and defiance - and hope that the global community would rally to protect democracy and freedom. In the hours immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Berkeley News asked Ukrainian faculty and students at UC Berkeley for their reactions. (Illustration by Neil Freese | UC Berkeley | Map courtesy of Free Vector Maps) “We Ukrainians - we will not let Putin win,” said one. With Russian troops bearing down on Ukraine’s major cities, Ukrainians in Berkeley’s Ukrainian community were defiant.
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