Russian politicians and public figures, who, after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, created the Anti-War Committee, called for closing the sky over the Ukrainian state. The appeal to the West, signed by 17 politicians and public figures, was published on Facebook by former political prisoner of the Kremlin Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The signatories note that a full-scale war against Ukraine, unleashed by Russia, was not provoked by anything. The document says that for a month, while Ukraine resists the Russian invaders, “thousands of people died, including women, the elderly and children.”.

“Massive air bombardments and rocket attacks destroy civilian infrastructure, cities and villages of Ukraine. Almost completely destroyed Mariupol, Kharkov, Izyum, Volnovakha, Kyiv and other cities were subjected to significant destruction. More than 10 million citizens of Ukraine became refugees, 3.5 million of them moved to European countries,” the signatories said..

It is noted that the sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation could not force the owner of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, to stop the war, stop the death of innocent people and the destruction of the neighboring state.

“We, the members of the Anti-War Committee, are confident in the need to take the most urgent measures to prevent further loss of civilian life.. This, among other things, is one of the goals of the common mission of NATO. It is possible to achieve an end to the death of the civilian population by establishing a " We call on the leaders of Western countries to take such decisions without delay,” the signatories said..

The petition was signed by:.

Sergey Aleksashenko - economist;

Dmitry Gudkov - politician;

Sergey Guriev - economist;

Boris Zimin - entrepreneur;

Vladimir Kara-Murza - politician, historian;

Garry Kasparov - politician, 13th world chess champion;

Mikhail Kasyanov - politician, former prime minister of Russia;

Evgeny Kiselev - journalist;

Evgeny Kunin - biologist;

Yulia Latynina - writer, journalist;

Elena Lukyanova - lawyer;

Yuri Pivovarov - historian, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences;

Lyubov Sobol - politician;

Mikhail Khodorkovsky - public figure;

Evgeny Chichvarkin - entrepreneur;

Konstantin Chumakov - scientist;

Viktor Shenderovich - writer.

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Recall that Ukraine has repeatedly stated that if NATO is unwilling to close the sky over Ukraine, our state requires us to transfer powerful air defense systems, as well as aircraft to confront invaders in the airspace.

Subsequently, the United States announced that they would keep the course of consultations and deliveries of air defense systems to Ukraine secret from the public..