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Our dear colleagues and friends in Ukraine,
In this time of unjustifiable military aggression carried out by the Russian Federation against the Independent State of Ukraine, Vytautas Magnus University would like to express its unwavering solidarity to its partner Universities in Ukraine, their students, academics, staff members and every person in Ukraine right now fighting for their country, for their children’s future, for freedom and peace.
Rest assured that the entire community of Vytautas Magnus University supports Ukraine and its people, and we will do everything in our power to help the citizens of Ukraine: from seeking asylum in Lithuania and adapting here to continuing their studies and research in our University.
Vytautas Magnus University is an active promoter of democratic values, freedom of speech, human rights and strong and undivided Europe, a part of which our countries have always been. This stance permeates everything – our studies, research areas, and the way we organise life in our community. On Friday, we have initiated an Urgent Call for European University Alliances to condemn Russia’s military assault on Ukraine, invited the partners of the Transform4Europe University Alliance and condemned Russia’s military invasion in Ukraine and Putin’s cynical lies to justify the attack on Ukrainian sovereignty. We will continue to urge people to take action and express our support through every channel available to us.
While the Ukrainian people fight for their life and freedom that we, alas, sometimes take for granted, let us know how we can help you in these dire times hoping for them to end as soon as possible and we will try our best to be the friend in need.
Слава Україні!
Sincerely,
Prof. Juozas Augutis, Rector, and the entire community of Vytautas Magnus University
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Vytautas Magnus University
K. Donelaičio g. 58, LT-44248 Kaunas, Lithuania