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We do not collect donations ourselves. Please choose any mean of support you judge appropriate. There are hundreds of options online to choose from. Below we list only few, as a possible suggestion.
Disclaimer: We provide information as private individuals. Official positions of our employers (Universities or Research institutes) are available on their websites.
Understand your own attitude
There are many stakeholders affected by the war. Think about your value system and choose accordingly how to support. An important part of the scientific method is to share ideas and discuss with peers. You can apply it here: Speak with others, listen to different opinions and express your own. Don't forget to prove your point with an experiment: Take action now! You will deepen your understanding, formulating a better-grounded take on the matter, and contribute to a higher cause.
The Ukrainian people have put up an extraordinary resistance since the very first days of war and keep fighting right now, despite the humanitarian disaster. You can help the people surviving there right now and the struggle of Ukraine by supporting a governmental cause.
Office of the President (humanitarian, financial, business assistance and other initiatives)
Ministry of Digital Transformation (cryptocurrency donations for civilians and armed forces)
National Bank of Ukraine (food, shelter, clothing, shoes, medicine, staple goods)
National Bank of Ukraine (armed forces)
Recovery funds (several options incl. re-building infrastructure, support of small and medium business, debt management)
The current war is to a large extent the result of the oppression on the civil society in Russia. Yet, despite the politically-motivated prosecution and the lack of freedom of thought and speech, there are local Russian civil society organisations fighting against it. You can support them.
OVD-Info (media project on human rights and political persecutions)
Civic Assistance Committee (food, medicine and medical check-ups for those in financial need and without compulsory medical insurance, state fees for asylum seekers)
There are a number of private initiatives targeting specific needs.
Shield Ukraine, led by the US-based scientists (humanitarian aid, emergency relief, students and refugees support, charitable initiatives, life-saving supplies from tourniquets to ballistic vests)
Life-saving equipment, led by the Netherlands-based scientists
Come back alive, a Ukrainian organisation since 2014 (purely defensive technology, trainings, and accoutrements, from thermal imagers to tablets and UAVs)
Information is a victim of war. Uncertain times have stripped media channels of stable revenue sources (in Ukraine) or were banned by the government (in Russia). To hold the frontline on the reality of war, keep the spotlight on the appalling stories surfacing day by day and give a hand to news agencies.
Channel 24 (Ukainian 24/7 channel)
Meduza (Russian independent media)
Several grassroots organisations have stemmed alongside established institutions in Sweden that provide practical and moral support to many Ukrainians who made it to here. You can help on the domestic front and stand by local Swedish organisations!
Stockholms Stadsmission (basic needs, legal aid, counselling, refugee accommodation, housing solutions)
Hjälp Ukraina Uppsala (helping Ukrainian refugees in Uppsala)
Russians against the war (anti-war committee and signature petition)
Nordic Ukraine forum (uniting people in Sweden willing to help Ukraine, information support, help for refugees)
Help in change (information support, socialisation, humanitarian aid, mentorship programs)
Ukrainian Volunteer Hub Stockholm (collection of clothes, medicines, food, hygiene products)
If you are not in Sweden, find the equivalent and support them.