“We watch with anguish and despair as the people of Ukraine face war, loss of life, and the prospect of loss of land, and loss of freedom.

Ukraine is a sovereign state and its people have the absolute right to determine their future. The military conquest of another state’s territory under the pretext that the invader is pro­tect­ing inhab­it­ants of the same ethnicity, has a dark and sinister history. It is difficult to com­pre­hend how such acts could be con­tem­plated by the Russian Fed­er­a­tion, which has itself known such dev­ast­a­tion from foreign invaders.

Russia’s actions are a flagrant violation of the most basic norms of inter­na­tion­al law and con­sti­tute a clear breach of inter­na­tion­al peace and security.

We express our deep concerns for the Jewish community in Ukraine and hope that all Ukrain­i­ans remain resolute in the face of these grave chal­lenges and take comfort in the knowledge that the world is with them.”