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<p>Dear Kostiantyn,</p>
<p>I wish you and the people of Ukraine the best possible outcome in
your fight for your freedom and your lifes!<br>
(And I know this may sound lame, but I do not know how to better
express my thoughts and feelings ...) <br>
</p>
<p>You urged "to initiate the termination of all forms of
cooperation with Russian scientific organizations".</p>
<p>30 hours after the begin of invasion, i.e. on Friday, 25 Feb, the
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research issued a
statement that cooperation with Russia in science and research as
well as in vocational training is currently stopped. All current
and planned measures with Russia would be frozen and critically
reviewed. There will be no new cooperations for the time being.</p>
<p>Individual research organizations rushed to implement this
directive, e.g., on Tuesday from an institution with strong
research cooperation with Russia, which is quite important to its
mission:<br>
</p>
<p>"1) Cooperation between <NNN> with Russian state agencies
will be discontinued immediately (discussion formats will be
cancelled)"</p>
<p>(It is made clear in such implementation guidance that this will
apply to Belarus as well)</p>
<p>best wishes,<br>
</p>
<p> Hans</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 04.03.22 um 03:05 schrieb Kostiantyn
Yefremov:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear friends!<br>
<br>
Let me, on behalf of the World Data Center for
Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development team and the
Ukrainian scientific community, express gratitude for the
words of support expressed in the CODATA Statement on the
War in Ukraine and your personal messages and letters. It
is very important for each of us to feel the support of
friends and colleagues in this difficult time!<br>
<br>
I'm afraid that you do not quite accurately imagine the
scale of what is happening in Ukraine. Russia is waging a
full-scale war on the Ukrainian territory. The Russian
army has invaded along the entire length of the border
between Ukraine and Russia, and is also attacking from the
territory of the Republic of Belarus (the total length of
the border is about 3,000 km).<br>
<br>
The Russian army uses aviation, rocket artillery, vacuum
and cluster bombs. The Russian army cannot achieve
superiority over the Ukrainian military and launches
rocket and bomb attacks on civilian targets, killing and
injuring civilians. Entire residential areas of a number
of large Ukrainian cities were destroyed, including
Kharkov, Sumy, Chernihiv. Constantly carried out rocket
attacks on the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv. Many
small towns were affected. Tonight, as I am writing this
letter, Russian troops are shelling the Zaporizhzhya
Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear power plant,
from tanks, and a fire has already started on the
territory of the plant.</div>
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The tragedy of this war has already affected every family
in Ukraine. Putin declared denazification as one of the
goals of the war, which implies the destruction of
Ukrainian culture, traditions and their bearers - i.e.
genocide.<br>
<br>
Reliable information about the course of military
operations and the basic needs of the defenders of Ukraine
is published quite quickly on the website <a
href="https://war.ukraine.ua/" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://war.ukraine.ua/</a>
and twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/StratcomCentre"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://twitter.com/StratcomCentre</a>.<br>
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We are very grateful to the international community for
their help. Thanks to the international support of
partners from all over the world, the armed forces of
Ukraine are now holding back the onslaught of one of the
strongest armies in the world. We understand that Putin
will not stop to the conquest of Ukraine. In future plans
- to unite under the auspices of Russia all the countries
of the Warsaw Pact, which threatens to destroy the fragile
balance of global security.<br>
<br>
Therefore, it is now extremely important for all
progressive forces to unite and repulse the aggressor in
all possible directions. Tough times call for tough
decisions. We encourage the international scientific
community to express their support for Ukraine not only in
words but also in deeds. In addition to the sanctions
imposed by your countries, we ask you to initiate the
termination of all forms of cooperation with Russian
scientific organizations (including the consideration of
applications for new projects, the termination of funding
for existing projects, the temporary exclusion/restriction
of participation in the international scientific councils
and unions, and etc.). </div>
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<div dir="ltr">We also urge you to temporarily suspend
Russia's membership in CODATA.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">We have many great colleagues in Russia, we
know them personally, we know that many of them do not
support the government's actions to attack Ukraine. But
now we are not talking about individuals. The proposed
restrictions should concern institutions. It so happened
that Russian scientific and educational institutions are
one of the pillars of the current regime in Russia.
Therefore, it is extremely important to send a strong
signal to such organizations through the introduction of
restrictions.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">With hope for the victory of Ukraine and all
progressive forces,<br>
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<div>Kostiantyn</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">Kostiantyn V. Yefremov
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<div>Director, World Data Center for Geoinformatics and
Sustainable Development</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">National Technical University
of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”<br>
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<div class="gmail_default">Address: 37, Peremohy ave.,
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">ср, 2 мар. 2022 г. в 17:24,
Asha CODATA <<a href="mailto:asha@codata.org"
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open
Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><img
src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CDT_logo-sub_blue@3x-100-1024x451.jpg"
alt="" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto;
max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; background: transparent; float: right;
display: inline;" moz-do-not-send="true" width="593"
height="261">CODATA joins with our parent body, the </span><a
href="https://council.science/current/news/isc-statement-ukraine/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">International
Science Council</span></a><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> (ISC),
with </span><a
href="https://council.science/statements-international-scientific-community-conflict-ukraine/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">other
partners, including ISC members</span></a><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">,
in stating its deep dismay and concerns about the
military operations being carried out in Ukraine and the
resulting humanitarian crisis.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open
Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">As
the Committee on Data of the ISC, we call for the
respect for international humanitarian law, and the
preservation of scientific institutions and their
valuable data resources. Most of all, we demand that the
safety and well-being of our fellow scientists, data
experts and colleagues be maintained.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open
Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Ukraine
and Russia are both members of CODATA</span><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">,
and we work closely with many dear colleagues and
friends at scientific and data institutes in both
countries. Kyiv, now under attack, hosted the 2008
CODATA Conference and is the location of our partner
organisations, the </span><a href="http://wdc.org.ua/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">World
Data Centre for Geoinformatics and Sustainable
Development</span></a><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">,
the </span><a href="https://kpi.ua/en"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Igor
Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute</span></a><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> and
the </span><a
href="https://www.nas.gov.ua/EN/pages/default.aspx"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine</span></a><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">.
Many colleagues from these institutes, colleagues who
have attended CODATA conferences and workshops, and
young scientist alumni of our training activities,
remain in Kyiv and are in danger. These women and men
are our scientific colleagues, our partners in advancing
the science of data and our friends in global
collaborative work to use data better. Their freedom to
pursue their scientific and human activities and their
safety is paramount. </span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open
Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a
href="https://codata.org/about-codata/our-mission/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">CODATA’s
mission</span></a><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> is
to connect data and people to advance science and
improve our world. We exist to bring scientists and
data experts together to share knowledge and to
collaborate across borders. Our origins lie in the bold
and determined actions of scientists reaching across the
Cold War divides in the great data gathering exercises
of the International Geophysical Year of 1958, and
subsequent concerted efforts to gather fundamental
reference data in a host of research domains. We will
continue to work in this spirit with all our colleagues.
As stated by ISC we are “committed to continue advancing
the equal participation and collaboration between
scientists in all countries in its activities and the
principle of the free and responsible practice of
science which is enshrined in its </span><a
href="https://council.science/what-we-do/freedoms-and-responsibilities-of-scientists/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">statutes</span></a><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">”.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open
Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The
Officers, Executive Committee and Secretariat of CODATA
are united in their wish for a peaceful resolution and
are committed to the internationalism and collaboration
that has been a notable feature of CODATA’s history.</span></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open
Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><i
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style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">CODATA
Officers and Executive Committee, 2 March 2022</span></i></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px
1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open
Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a
href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CODATA-Statement-on-Ukraine-FINAL.pdf"
style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"
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and WDS: </b><a
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