NATO members, we request to protect the Ukrainian sky! To stop the Russian genocide of Ukrainians and humanity crimes no-fly zone should be imposed. Every day of delays costs hundreds of lives. If a no-fly zone is too risky for NATO, equip Ukraine with air defense capabilities and jets as promised.
On the 4th of March, 2022 Russian troops fired Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. For the first time in world history, troops have struck at such an important strategic object, threatening Europe and the world with a nuclear catastrophe.б
Nine days ago, the life of Ukraine, Europe, and the entire world changed forever. Russia has launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine with a full-scale invasion into our territory. This war is not only against Ukraine, it is a war against democracy, freedom, and humanity in the world.
Apart from Ukraine’s military objects, Russia is aiming directly at civilian residential areas, hospitals and maternity houses, kindergartens and universities, churches and even the Holocaust memorial in Kyiv. Some Ukrainian cities such as Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Kherson are currently in the grip of a humanitarian crisis. Russian massive and relentless shelling makes it impossible to deliver humanitarian aid to these cities and safely evacuate women and children from the siege. Russian actions are the genocide of the Ukrainian people. Hague tribunal investigators have set up to Ukraine to record these crimes.
But the night of March 4 showed that even the extermination of Ukrainians is not the only goal of Russia’s bloodthirsty regime. By shelling the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the occupying forces called into question the survival of all mankind and even the lives of their own citizens.
The whole world presented tremendous support for Ukraine. However, last night’s events showed that apart from humanitarian and military aid, what Ukraine needs the most right now is a safe sky. This will prevent the enemy from inflicting treacherous night airstrikes on peaceful cities and strategic infrastructure.
The petition for the protection of the Ukrainian sky and No Fly Zone has already received more than a million votes from residents of different countries. The whole world understands the importance of protecting the Ukrainian sky. Now is the time for all democratic governments that share the values of human life to prove their humanistic ideas.
On behalf of the millions of Ukrainians who have been in shelters and bomb shelters since February 24, in memory of the more than 2,000 civilians killed by the Russian bombing, we call on the parliaments and governments of NATO member states to PROTECT THE UKRAINIAN SKY!
Save the lives of thousands of Ukrainians! Save humanity! Help stop this war!
Signatories of the statement:
- Center for Civil Liberties
- ZMINA Human Rights Centre
- CHESNO Movement
- DEJURE Foundation
- Transparency International Ukraine
- ANTAC
- VOX Ukraine
- Center for Defense Strategies
- Bihus.Info
- Educational center ACREC
- Independent Defense Anticorrution Comission—NAKO
- AllUkranian Association “Automaidan”
- Center for united асtions
- Center for Political Studies
- Institute of Legislative Ideas
- Anti-corruption Headquarter
- Slidstvo.Info
- Crym SOS
- Fulcrum UA
- Invisible
- Crimean Human Rights Group
- Platform for the release of Kremlin political prisoners
- Social Action Centre
- Crimean Tatar Resource Center
- Crimean Tatar Youth Center
- Center for political analysis and forecasting “Crimea”
- Kyiv educational center “Tolerspace”
- Crimean Center for Business and Cultural Cooperation “Ukrainian House”
- Editorial office of the newspaper “Crimean room”
- ISAR Ednania
- Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
- Helsinki Initiative-XXI
- Environmental and Humanitarian Association ‘Green World’
- Digital Security Lab Ukraine
- StateWatch
- Detector media
- Human Rights House Crimea
- Human Rights House in Chernihiv
- Humanitarian studio “Wave”
- Man and Law Charitable Foundation
- SMART Media
- INFLUENCE GROUP
- UCIPR, Ukrainian Center independent political research
- All-Ukrainian NGO “CC Human Right Defender”
- Cherkasy Human Rights Center
- Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Unio
- Truth Hounds
- Center for development and democracy
- Integrity UA
- Khmelnytsky initiative
- AutoMaidan Vinnychyna
- Institute for political&information research
- Center for political analysis and forecasting “Crimea”
- Media Initiative for Human Rights
- Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law
- Women’s Anti-Corruption Movement
- Khmelnytsky Reform Council Coalition
- Centre for Economic Strategy
- Sumy platform of reforms
- Community foundation SUMY
- Social Partnership Centre
- Civic platform “Act!”
- Public Bureau “Human Rights”
- Public Alliance “Women’s Political Action”
- All-Ukrainian NGO “League of Women Voters 50/50”
- NGO “Steps to the future”
- Women’s consortium of Ukraine
- Democracy Development Centre
- DLCO “Centre for International Security”
- Institute for Central Europe
- Center for Global Studies Strategy 21
- Euroatlantic course
- Ukraine crisis media centre
- Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO)
- Kyiv Security Forum
- CSO “School of Media Patriots”
- Center for social and economic research – CASE Ukraine
- Public Movement Faith Hope Love
- NGO “Civil Holding “GROUP of INFLUENCE”
- Women’s Information Consultative Center
- NGO “Kharkiv Anti-Corruption Center”
- Gender Education Center OSUIA
- PA Institute for Local Democracy “Open society”
- CSO “Center for Entrepreneurship Development”
- NGO “Human Rights Vector”
- Svitlana Khodakova – a citizen of Ukraine
- NGO “ON EDGE”
- Luhansk oblast Human Rights Centre “Alternative”
- Civil Control Platform
- CSO “La Strada-Ukraine”
- CSO “D.О.М.48.24”
- SaveEcoBot / SaveDnipro
- CSO “Human Rights Platfrom”
