National Academy of Sciences calls on global scientific community not to resume cooperation with Russian state scientific institutions
Following a Russian strike on its building, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) has appealed to the global scientific and academic community, calling for concrete actions and urging against the resumption of cooperation with Russian state scientific institutions.
The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) has made a plea to the global scientific community, urging it to cease cooperation with Russian state scientific institutions. This appeal follows a devastating Russian airstrike on the NASU's Presidium building in Kyiv earlier this year. The attack, carried out by a jet-powered drone on September 28, 2026, resulted in the deaths of two individuals and caused significant damage to the building, engulfing its upper floors in flames.
The NASU has condemned the strike as an assault on science and Ukraine's intellectual potential, emphasizing that international solidarity with Ukrainian science must be accompanied by concrete actions. The organization argues that no institution should resume or legitimize cooperation with Russian state entities while Russia continues its aggressive war against Ukraine.
The NASU stresses that such cooperation cannot be justified when the institutions involved have played a role in supporting the aggression and when science has been directly targeted. The academy urges the global scientific community to unite in opposition to the ongoing terror and lack of accountability, emphasizing that science and politics cannot be separated when the latter is causing profound harm to the former.
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