With a Tsarist Russia dream and for the purpose of competing for global hegemony, the Kremlin Putin officially launched an imperialist invasion war against Ukraine on Thursday (February 24). Since the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe, the world has once again entered a crossroads: either the liberation of the oppressed, or the abyss of barbaric tyranny. As university students, looking around the world while on Hong Kong ground is one of our responsibilities. We would like to give responses to the global crisis as follows,

 I.Insisting the anti-war stance

Since the beginning of the war, there had been different rhetoric about the Russian invasion, the pro-Russian Chauvinists spectate the escalation of situation with joy, the western countries and East Asia take no substantial actions, and even the Taliban, which suppressed the Afghan people by force, has performed as a peacekeeper and calls for negotiation. Aggression, civil war, and subsequent status of anarchy have always been the tricks of imperialism, and in such a state of chaos, the people who have been tormented by war and oppressed by different regimes need to unite once again, and rebuild the anti-war fronts that we have once seen in the Vietnam War and the Iraq War – we oppose not only the military aggression commanded by Putin, but also NATO, which has led to the crisis in Ukraine; we stand in solidarity with thousands of anti-war demonstrators in Russia to insist an internationalist anti-war stance.

 II.Opposing the hypocritical attitude which is represented by the United States

After the outbreak of the war, the Western countries, led by the United States, have not provided any substantial contribution for the dissolution of the conflict except its provocative condemnation of Russia. They claimed that there will be serious consequences after Russia’s offensive military invasion. These nonsensical condemnations have little impact on Russia’s adventuristic decisions and have little contribution to an equal political compromise. From 1945 to 1989, over 300 wars have taken place globally. The United States alone has launched 30 major military operations, while the Western-led United Nations had given no strong opposition to these invasive operations. How many innocent and underprivileged people have been sent to the battlefield? How much contribution had been given by the Western condemnations during these wars? What Ukraine needs is definitively not the empty checks that Western society has been issuing since last century. What Ukraine needs is substantial support that aims at an equal and sustainable political agreement that takes all Ukrainian citizens’ welfare into consideration.

 III. Supporting the Self Determination of Ukrainian People

Struggling between the Great-Russian Chauvinism and NATO’s expansionary ambitions are the Ukrainian people and the divided and oppressed ethnic minorities who bear the cost of the failed negotiations between the two populist governments. The Soviet Republic established by Russia after the October Revolution in 1917 advocated the establishment of a voluntary national alliance. Ukraine, which had been oppressed by imperial Russia for a long time, was then freed from the shackles of being a subordinate nation and the hatred of nationalism, and was able to self-determine. However, under Stalinist dictatorship, Ukraine fell into the hands of fascism and imperialism. In today’s post-Soviet era, Ukraine is still a battleground for Putin’s imperial Russia and NATO forces. It is clear that neither collusion with Russia nor reliance on the Western powers could lead to the way out of the predicament. Ukraine should never be a pawn in the contestation of great powers. We therefore firmly support the self-determination of the Ukrainian people, just as the Ukrainian revolutionary government fought for “freedom of association”, “internationalism” and “national liberation” in the early 20^th century.

 IV. What can the international community do?

The best way for the international community to assist Ukraine while exerting pressure on Russia is: (i) to confiscate the property and assets of Russian oligarchs and officials; (ii) to draw up a plan which aims to restore the war-affected areas and to support the local population with the properties had been confiscated from the Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs that were accumulated through plundering and exploitation at the first place; (iii) to abolish Ukraine’s foreign debt and support the War-torn Ukrainian economy. It is clear that the spontaneous self-condemnation of the government will not be enough to execute all these actions of justice. The international community cannot count on the bureaucratics, but to unite and pressure their governments: just like those truly meaningful acts that had been shown by thousands of anti-war demonstrators in Russia, who protested against the atrocity of their government.

 V. What can we do in Hong Kong?

Whereas the civil society in Hong Kong is also in retreat, there are still countless Hong Kong people concerned about the situation in Ukraine. Some courageous journalists volunteered to document the truth in the local area, some people donated to the Ukrainian government and companies, hoping to help Ukraine fight against Russia. While putting all the efforts into helping Ukraine, we should not forget to investigate the causes and consequences of this war of aggression, and to probe deeper into the multi-ethnic history of Ukraine that has been intentionally distorted or even erased. We should also equip and empower ourselves, and forge connection with all the oppressed in the world.

We stand with all the oppressed in the world.

A group of Hong Kong university students

February 26, 2022

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｜徵求聯署、轉載｜香港大學生就俄烏戰爭之聲明：堅決反對俄羅斯武力入侵烏克蘭 呼籲各國民眾建立國際反戰連線
香港大學生就俄烏戰爭之聲明：堅決反對俄羅斯武力入侵烏克蘭 呼籲各國民眾建立國際反戰連線

俄羅斯獨裁領袖普京在當地時間周四（ 2 月 24 日）正式向烏克蘭發動戰爭，俄軍全軍壓境。自東歐劇變以來，世界再度步入了十字路口之中：不是邁向受壓迫者的解放，就是陷入野蠻與暴虐的深淵。我們作為大學生，當立足香港，放眼世界，就著烏俄戰爭引發的重大災難，我們有以下回應和呼籲：

｜一、堅守反戰立場

開戰兩天以來，各國對俄國入侵說辭不一，親俄的鄰近國家隔岸觀火，歐美、東亞國家則按兵不動，可笑的是，連暴虐的塔利班也有資格在這次戰爭充當和平使者，呼籲烏俄兩國對話。

普京以烏克蘭聯同西方勢力、威脅俄羅斯為由揮軍入境，但藉口侵略、向來是大民族主義帝國擴張的拿手好戲。在如此撕裂與混亂的狀態下，飽受戰火折磨、強權壓迫的民眾必須團結一致，重回越戰與伊拉克戰時期形成的反戰陣線——我們反對的不只是普京為首的殘暴軍事侵略，也是在過去不斷勢力東擴、今次卻選擇犧牲烏克蘭人民的北約；同時，我們與俄國數以千計反戰的示威者團結一致，堅守國際反戰連線。

｜二、反對以美國為首的偽善態度

在戰爭爆發後，以美國為首的西方國家除了一些千遍一律、空泛無力的譴責外，沒有對深陷危機的烏克蘭人民提供任何及時支援。

二戰後，與今次相似的侵略戰爭仍一再發生，世界人民目睹 300 多場慘烈的地方戰爭發生，當中，僅美國、就為了自身利益，藉口對他國發動了 30 次重大軍事行動，危及無數性命，釀成難民危機。然而，面對各國人民數十年來一浪接一浪的反戰浪潮，各國政府卻樂於袖手旁觀，而聯合國的立場維持一貫的軟弱無力，單說現在，侵略國俄羅斯竟然仍在擔任聯合國安理會主席。

半個世紀以來，有多少無辜平民淪落戰場，成為大國博弈的犧牲品？而西方政府不痛不癢的譴責有何用處？即使對侵略國實施經濟制裁，固若金湯的政權只會將這些經濟代價轉移到貧苦大眾身上，無助阻止戰火蔓延。

如今，烏克蘭需要的是國際政府阻止戰爭繼續的決心，而不是這些一而再、再而三發出的空頭支票。

｜三、支持烏克蘭國內民族自決

於大俄羅斯民族主義與北約野心中掙扎的，是烏克蘭民眾和境內被分化壓迫的少數民族。1917 年俄國十月革命後，蘇維埃共和國主張建立自願的民族聯盟，長久以來受帝俄壓榨的烏克蘭終於得以自決，然而當史太林專政時代到來，烏克蘭又淪為法西斯主義與帝國主義瓜分之地。

在後蘇聯時代的今天，烏克蘭仍是兵家必爭之地——俄羅斯和北約各國軍事行動頻頻，兩股勢力在旁駐守的導彈、戰艦等不絕。受地緣政治所累，即使烏克蘭民選政府帶來一時的和平，在北約和俄羅斯的虎視眈眈下，和平也未能長久。顯然而見，無論是向俄羅斯投降，還是靠攏自私自利的西方，均不是烏克蘭人民的出路。

烏克蘭絕不應成為大國政治中白白遭犧牲的棋子。我們堅定支持烏克蘭自決自強，堅守二十世紀初烏克蘭革命政府所爭取的「聯合自由」、「國際主義」與「民族解放」。

｜四、國際社會應負之責

我們呼籲：一，各國應全面凍結俄羅斯寡頭勢力在該國的資產，斬斷俄羅斯的軍事資金來源；二，取消烏克蘭的外債，支援飽受戰爭摧殘的烏克蘭經濟；三，正視烏克蘭難民，提供人道援助。

另外，我們呼籲全球民眾團結起來，向各自的官僚政府施壓，正如俄國數以千計反戰的示威者不懼獨裁鎮壓，上街抗議普京政府的暴行。

｜五、身在香港的我們可以怎麼辦？

香港的公民社會處於低潮期，但仍有無數港人心繫烏克蘭情況：有記者勇赴當地紀錄真相，亦有民眾自發捐贈烏克蘭政府及烏克蘭企業，希望幫助烏克蘭抗俄。在各盡所能協助烏克蘭的同時，我們謹記探究這次侵略戰爭的前因後果，深入了解被刻意扭曲、甚至遭抹煞的烏克蘭多元民族歷史。我們也應好好裝備自己，自強不息，以及與世界所有受強權壓迫者連結。

一群香港大學生

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