This statement was launched as part of a call for protests around the anniversary of Russia's invasion. Please add your name as part of taking a stand of continued solidarity. The casualties of Russia’s war in Ukraine are counted in tens of thousands, the displaced in many millions, the damage in tens of billions of pounds. The invading forces are systematically committing crimes including intentional killing of civilians, rape, destruction of vital infrastructure, and forced displacement and deportations, including of children. Meanwhile the war is transforming Putin’s Russia into an even more violently reactionary and authoritarian regime. A democratic, lasting peace for the peoples of Ukraine and Russia requires the defeat of Russia’s brutal imperialism. We stand with Ukraine’s military resistance, and with the anti-war resistance in Russia. We demand the immediate withdrawal of all invading troops from the territory of Ukraine to its internationally recognised borders; the right for all refugees and displaced persons to return in conditions of safety; for those responsible for war crimes to be held fully accountable, and for meaningful justice for their victims. We demand governments increase humanitarian aid, and for the gifting to Ukraine of all the surplus UK military equipment due to be replaced, especially the 79 Challenger tanks, 170 Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles, all Warrior infantry fighting vehicles, Typhoon fighter aircraft - to help Ukraine win more quickly, with less suffering. We commit to building renewed and expanded solidarity with Ukraine’s resistance; with Ukraine’s labour movement and left in their fight for independence, to defend workers’ rights, human rights and democracy during the war, and for a more just and democratic post-war reconstruction; and with the anti-war movement and independent labour organisations in Russia. We call for the UK to increase its support and welcome for the victims of this conflict, and to end the hostile environment facing refugees.  Please add your name using the form below. Signatories: Gary Smith, GMB General Secretary Barbara Plant, GMB President Mick Whelan, ASLEF General Secretary Chris Kitchen, NUM General Secretary Simon Weller, ASLEF Assistant General Secretary John Moloney, PCS Assistant General Secretary (pc) Oksana Holota, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (in UK) Pavlo Holota, Independent Union of Mineworkers of Ukraine (in UK) John McDonnell MP Nadia Whittome MP Clive Lewis MP Rachael Maskell MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP Ian Lavery MP Mick Antoniw, Member of the Senedd Paul Sweeney, Member of the Scottish Parliament Alena Ivanova, Sacha Ismail, Chris Ford, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Paul Mason, writer and campaigner Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner Yuliya Yurchenko, Sotsialnyi Rukh, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, UCU activist Matthew Hull, Trade Union Liaison Officer, Green Party of England & Wales (pc) Tessa Milligan, Open Labour Co-Chair Amen Tesfay, Open Labour Co-Chair Mark Boothroyd, Unite and RCN activist, Guys’ and St Thomas’ Zoe Williams, journalist Daniel York Loh, writer, performer, filmmaker Mike Davis, editor, Chartist Julie Ward, Chartist, former Member of the European Parliament Cathy Nugent, Workers’ Liberty Vijay Menezes-Jackson, Chair, National Young Members' Committee, PCS (pc) Vera Horton, Belarusian activist, BelDiasporaTV John-Paul Himka, historian Praveen Kolluguri, Kingston and Surbiton Labour Black Asian and Minority Ethnic officer Councillor Graham Campbell, SNP NEC Black Asian and Minority Ethnic convener Pat Murphy, National Education Union NEC Pete Glover, NEU NEC Peter Duncan, School of Slavonic and East European Studies Zoe Gardner, Another Europe is Possible NC Mary Kaldor, AEIP NC John Palmer, former Guardian European editor, European Policy Centre Political Director, AEIP NC Alan Fraser, Education & Health & Safety Officer, GMB Gregory Schwartz, University of Bristol Taras Fedirko, University of Glasgow Gita Saghal, human rights advocate Mike Phipps, writer, London
Gavin Edwards, Walthamstow Labour Party, Unite Community
Jim Monaghan, Dublin
Roman Werpachowski, Arneberg, Norway
Frederick Harry Pitts, University of Exeter
Colin Turbett, Isle of Arran, Unison / Common Weal
Daniel Nichols, Policy Officer, Romford Labour Party
Michael Gallagher, Aldershot
Richard Brand, Duisburg
Hilary Mandleberg, London
Ana Oppenheim, London
Stan Crooke, Secretary, Unite Glasgow Not for Profit Sector Branch
Vladyslav Starodubtsev, Sotsialnyi Rukh, Kyiv, Ukraine
Dave Barter, Secretary, Saddleworth & Lees Labour Party, Oldham
Jef Smith, University of Kent
David Lister, Brent Central Labour Party, Chartist Editorial Board
Pete Radcliff, Beeston, Nottingham
Joseph Coote-Cowling, Digital Campaigns Officer, NEC, Socialist Educational Association (SEA) - Labour Party affiliate
Robert Borsley, Professor Emeritus, University of Essex
Helen Mason, Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear
Ada Wordsworth, University of Oxford, Masters Student
Paul Fauvet, Maputo, Mozambique
Craig Liddle, Sutton SNP
Robbie Griffiths, London
Matthew Thomson, Cornwall
Corinna Lotz, Real Democracy Movement
Martin Timson, Unison Merseytravel/LCRCA Steward (pc), Liverpool
Svitlana, Reading Ukrainian Community centre
Jim Denham, Birmingham, Unite delegate to Selly Oak CLP
Russell Elliott, Llanfairfechan
Don Flynn, Chartist Editorial Board
Laura Parker, Dogliani, Another Europe Is Possible
Richard Abernethy, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, member of International Marxist-Humanist Organization
Kelly Rogers, Lambeth
Michael Chessum, Tooting Labour, GMB member
George Wheeler, Lambeth Unison
Ben Towse, Camden Unison
Chris Marks, PCS DWP London branch secretary
Justine Canady, Unison young member, Lewisham
Eleanor Clarke, Cabinet Office London PCS rep
Ross Fraser-Smity
Jeremy Hicks, Queen Mary University of London
Paul Cunningham, Norwich North CLP
Luke Cooper, LSE
Paul Canning, writer, London
Aiden Clay, Stoke-on-Trent
Elliot Holmes, mechanic, Twickenham
Kerry Partridge, Kidderminster  
Colin Berry, Rochdale
Spencer Mawby, lecturer, University of Nottingham
Michael Green, Liverpool
Polina Proutskova, independent researcher, IZBA vocal ensemble of Russian traditional singing
Andrew Coates, Ipswich CLP, Unite Community
Harry Parker, teacher, Birmingham
Derek Germon, member of Another Europe is Possible, Unite the Union, Lambeth
Samantha Hart, Greater Manchester
Jamie Marsh, Labour, Co-operative Party (Secretary of Bristol branch), PCS
John Buckell, Northampton
Nikita Zhelezkov, Banbury
Tim Cooper, Nottingham University Hospitals Union and Nottingham East CLP Officer
Ralph Berry, Bradford Councillor
Austin Harney, PCS National Executive Committee
Noah Zweig, Ecuador
Nik Barstow, Chair, Greater Manchester Socialist Health Association
Pat Markey, Secretary Northampton District NEU
Barry Buitekant, Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP
Brian Barton, Milton Keynes Parish Councillor
Peter Ranis, Professor, CUNY, New York City
Andy Whitaker, National Union of Journalists member, and Labour Party member, London
Tom Dale, London
Niccolo Milanese, European Alternatives
Daryna Dvornichenko, University of Oxford
Oleksandra Moskalenko, LSE
Anna Ackerman, Ecoaction, Ukraine
Stella Dixon, SOAS
Eleonora Catenaro, SOAS
Mazen Gharibah, LSE
Anastasia Spivar, Ukrainian Sponsors Pathway UK, Manager
Peter Munford, USPUK, Sponsors Coordinator
Elene Janadze, Kings College London
Alex Scrivener, Democratic Security Institute
Daniel Davison-Vecchione, Mole Valley CLP BAME Officer
John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus director
Shukria Rezaei, Uniark
Mandy Merck, Films for Ukraine
Iryna Kurzminska, University of Westminster
Oksana Poapova, LSE researcher
David Moishehe
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