The leaders of 40 Ukrainian organisations, including media, civil liberties and pro-democracy groups, have urged the West to assist in their fight against Vladimir Putin’s military forces.
With promised international sanctions yet to take hold, the Ukrainian groups have issued a list of six immediate humanitarian and military demands.
Called ‘The Kyiv Declaration’, it starkly claims that “Ukraine cannot win with courage and conviction alone” and states that their country’s “way of life, democracy and freedom is being blown apart”. It adds: “We need support and we need it now.”
