Letter to academic and intellectual communities regarding Russia’s aggression against Ukraine

On behalf of the representative institutions of science and higher education and the undersigned science institutions, we appeal to the academic community and intellectual elite to take all measures aimed at a peaceful end of the escalating military aggression in Ukraine.

We respect and support the exemplary attitude of the participants of the peaceful protest, and the signatories of the open letter of Russian scientists and scientific journalists against the war with Ukraine published on 24 February 2022.

We believe that international scientific cooperation should be global and free from politics. Hence, it cannot serve to support the military activities of countries that threaten the existence of independent states. Therefore, we appeal to the Polish scientific community, Polish universities, and units of the Polish Academy of Sciences to cease cooperation with any government organization of the Russian Federation or of any other country supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while assuring them our support and assistance to those scientists and members of the Russian academic community, who are against this aggression.

We are of the opinion that mutual trust, respect for academic values, and peaceful use of the results of joint research are the necessary conditions for the continuation of cooperation between scientific communities, as well as unequivocal recognition of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.