The founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, was the first to speak on this subject on his Twitter page, expressing hope for the “wise” decision of the Kremlin.
“An attack on Ukraine can only harm Russia, Ukraine and humanity. Whether the situation will return to a peaceful path or there will be a war can now be decided not by Zelensky, not by NATO, but by the Kremlin. I hope they choose wisely,” he wrote.
An attack on Ukraine can only harm Russia, Ukraine and humanity.
Whether the situation will return to a peaceful path or there will be a war can now be decided not by Zelensky, not by NATO, but by @KremlinRussia
I hope they choose wisely.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) February 11, 2022
In response to this message, the founder of Solana, Anatoly Yakovenko, expressed his “deep sadness” about this.
I feel deeply sad
— anat◎ly 🦀🤿🏒 🤙 (@aeyakovenko) February 11, 2022
NEAR founder Ilya Polosukhin also criticized the idea of war, adding that many families have relatives in Ukraine and Russia.
“Any war brings only harm. In this case, it is also a brother-to-brother situation, as many families have relatives on different sides of the border,” he said.
Any war only brings harm. In this case, it is also a brother-to-brother situation, as many families have relatives on different sides of the border.
— Illia Polosukhin (root.near) (@ilblackdragon) February 11, 2022
Former NSA and CIA officer Edward Snowden spoke out his claim to the media supporting the war.
“There is nothing more grotesque than the media advocating war,” said Snowden.
There is nothing more grotesque than a media pushing for war.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 11, 2022
According to the agency Reuters, USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Latvia, Norway and the Netherlands called on their citizens to leave Ukraine. This number was joined Montenegro and South Korea.
In Moscow, plans for an invasion denybut according to various sources, Russia allegedly gathered more than 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine.
The United States allows the start of a military invasion of Ukraine even before the end of the Beijing Olympics. The publication writes about it Der Spiegelas the CIA informed NATO of fears of an invasion on 16 February.
