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Ukraine Under Attack: Resources and Action Steps

 

As the first Jewish organization in the world to support the restoration of Ukrainian independence in 1991, American Jewish Committee (AJC), a partner organization of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, stands in full solidarity with the Ukrainian people and remains committed to Ukraine’s full sovereignty and territorial integrity.

This is a pivotal moment, not just for Ukrainians, but for all who value human rights and democratic values. Here’s what you can do right now:

  1. Take Action. The U.S. has taken important steps, but more must be done. Urge your members of Congress to support additional measures, including designating the Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization. Act Now

  2. Watch. During AJC Global Forum 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on the situation in Ukraine and appealed to the international community and organizations such as AJC to redouble efforts to support Ukrainians. View here

  3. Learn More. Below you can find resources that help break down the implications of Russia’s unprovoked invasion, the importance of standing with democratic Ukraine, the impact this attack is having on Ukraine’s Jewish community, and the critical role that American leadership must undertake.

 

Iryna Mudra: Ukraine’s Fight for Justice and Sovereignty | AJC Global Forum 2025
Iryna Mudra: Ukraine’s Fight for Justice and Sovereignty | AJC Global Forum 2025
April 29, 2025
In this compelling address at AJC’s 2025 Global Forum, Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, delivers a powerful message on Ukraine’s ongoing struggle against Russian aggression. Speaking on behalf of the Ukrainian government, Mudra outlines the country’s unwavering pursuit of justice, international support, and long-term security in the face of brutal war and humanitarian crisis.
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AJC Statement on Third Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
February 24, 2025
As the world marks the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and its sustained campaign of human rights violations and war crimes, American Jewish Committee (AJC) reaffirms unwavering solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
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AJC Statement on President Trump’s Remarks on Ukraine and President Zelenskyy
February 19, 2025
American Jewish Committee (AJC) is concerned by President Trump’s comments undermining the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and suggesting that Ukraine bears responsibility for the war that Russia began — in 2014 with the occupation of Crimea and in 2022 with the illegal invasion of Ukraine.
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AJC Statement on the Second Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
New York, NY – February 23, 2024 – As the world marks the second anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked attack against, and its reported commission of widespread and systematic human rights violations and war crimes in, Ukraine, American Jewish Committee (AJC) and its Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) reiterate their longstanding call for world governments to act collectively and individually to ensure a robust international response to and deter further grave violations by Russia in Ukraine and beyond.
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American Jewish Committee Urges NATO to Provide a Path to Membership for Ukraine
June 29, 2023
American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging NATO to give Ukraine a “clear path” to becoming a member of the alliance to deter further aggression by Russia and other “bad actors” who seek to destabilize Europe. In a letter prior to the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11-12, AJC CEO Ted Deutch and AJC President Michael Tichnor described Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as posing a threat to democracy and the international order.
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A letter sent to all NATO Heads of Government urging them to support Ukraine’s accession to NATO
June 28, 2023
The following letter was sent on behalf of American Jewish Committee (AJC) to all NATO Heads of Government urging them to support Ukraine’s accession to NATO.
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Call on your Senators and Representatives to designate the Wagner Group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
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Open Letter from Lithuanian Jewish Leaders Urging President Biden to Call for Ukraine's Inclusion in NATO
July 10, 2023
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President Volodymyr Zelensky
Three Takeaways from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Remarks to American Jewish Committee
June 12, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to AJC Global Forum 2022 on Sunday for additional help as Russian forces continue to occupy parts of the country and commit mass murder.
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Official Address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to AJC Global Forum 2022
June 12, 2022
In a very special report, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed AJC Global Forum 2022 on the ongoing Russian war of aggression, including updates from the frontlines, as well as an appeal to the international community and organizations such as AJC to redouble efforts and stand together with Ukrainians.
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 7th Guarantor States Summit at a joint news conference on July 19, 2022 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Mohammadreza Abbasi ATPImages/Getty Images)
The Iran-Russia Drone Deal That’s Terrorizing Ukraine
November 28, 2022
In recent weeks, the revelation that Russia is seeking to purchase Iranian drones to use in its war against Ukraine has set off alarm bells from Tel Aviv to Brussels and Washington. Here is why this expected agreement is a significant concern for the U.S., Europe, Israel, and anyone concerned about the war in Ukraine and Iran’s aggression.
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AJC Staunchly Backs U.S. Global Leadership in Aiding Ukraine Against Russian Invasion
April 14, 2022
American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris today reaffirmed the leading global Jewish advocacy organization’s support for President Biden’s “resolute leadership in standing with Ukraine in the face of the reckless and illegal Russian invasion.” “You can continue to count on our full support as you galvanize both American and global power to confront this grave challenge to Ukraine, to international humanitarian law, to democratic aspirations, and to a rules-based international order,” Harris wrote in a letter today to President Biden.
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Is ‘Never Again’ An Empty Promise?
April 13, 2022
Growing up as a Jew in traumatized post-Holocaust Germany, I have been haunted by the imperative of “Never Again.” As the Russian army retreats from areas north of Kyiv and we are collectively getting a glimpse of the horrors Ukrainians have been enduring, those words keep resonating in my mind. Corpses in the streets, testimonies of brutal executions of men, mass rapes of women and girls as young as 8, dying from their internal wounds. Is “Never Again” happening all over again?
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A Passover Prayer in Troubled Times
On this Passover, even as we hope that the worst of the pandemic is behind us, Ukraine is being brutalized by a Pharaoh-like despot who cares not for human life, and Israel is experiencing a deadly wave of terrorism.
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Poland Is Meeting The Challenge of Ukrainian Refugee Influx Admirably
April 3, 2022
More 2.2 million Ukrainians have entered Poland, and 300,000 of them are here in our capital city, Warsaw, which had a pre-invasion population of 1.8 million. The impact on our daily lives is palpable. Poland’s ethnic and cultural landscape is changing from what until recently was a mostly monoethnic society. The public education system is preparing for Ukrainian kids comprising 30% of Warsaw’s students.
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Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Time For A European Wake-up Call
March 31, 2022
Faced with the brutal reality of a war on the European continent, we are now witnessing a European awakening. To counteract foreign interference in our democracies, members of the European Parliament finally passed a resolution a few weeks ago against destabilization efforts by foreign powers. In the fields of defense, technology and energy, responses are being prepared. France, which has long advocated for a "strategic rearmament" and also "European sovereignty," could take the lead, working with its European and American partners rather than ignoring their concerns and pleas.
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American Jewish Committee Flies 141 Ukrainian Jews to Israel
April 5, 2022
A plane filled with Ukrainian Jewish refugees — sponsored by American Jewish Committee (AJC) and organized by Jewish Agency for Israel — has arrived in Israel from Budapest, Hungary. “For Jews facing uncertain safety in their homes, Israel is a lifeline, a sanctuary, and a haven,” said AJC CEO David Harris. “Whether they are still living in Ukraine or have fled the violent Russian invasion to neighboring countries, these Jews know they have a home in the State of Israel, where they can build their lives anew because of the warm welcome they receive.”
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American Jewish Committee Announces More #StandWithUkraine Grants to Aid Refugees
March 30, 2022
American Jewish Committee (AJC) announced today additional grants from its #StandWithUkraine Fund to organizations providing direct humanitarian relief to Ukrainian refugees and to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine following Russia’s unprovoked, violent invasion. “We are compelled by our tradition and humanity to do whatever we possibly can to assist the people of Ukraine as they valiantly fight for their freedom and democratic, independent country,” said AJC CEO David Harris.
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AJC #StandWithUkraine Fund Provides Support to Organizations Aiding Refugees
March 15, 2022
American Jewish Committee (AJC) announced today grants from its #StandWithUkraine Fund to Jewish organizations providing direct humanitarian relief to Ukrainians. AJC’s emergency #StandWithUkraine Fund, launched within days after Russia’s unprovoked and deadly invasion began, has raised to date more than $1.4 million to assist Ukrainian refugees and to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.
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AJC CEO David Harris Meets Poland Government Officials, Delivers Aid to Ukrainian Refugees
March 13, 2022
We are here to bear witness,” American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris declared at a refugee reception center in Dorohusk, Poland, on the border with Ukraine. Harris led an AJC group to Poland on a three-day visit to demonstrate solidarity with Ukrainians who have fled their country, seeking safety in Poland and other neighboring countries. He saluted the many Polish volunteers, who have been setting up tents, providing basic sanitary and food supplies, as well as opened their homes to some refugees.
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5 Pressing Questions About Ukraine, Russia, and the Fate of Each Nation’s Jewish Community
March 11, 2022
As Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, AJC experts explain some of the cryptic memes that have emerged on social media and reports on the ground.
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AJC CEO David Harris Live from the Poland-Ukraine Border
March 11, 2022
AJC CEO David Harris joins staff from the Shapiro Silverberg AJC Central Europe Office at the border crossing from Ukraine into Zosin, Poland. Watch David offer an update on the situation there live, while also sharing the heartbreaking and uplifting stories of the refugees crossing to safety.
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Who Needs “Denazification”?
March 8, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin justified his current invasion of Ukraine by asserting the country needed to be denazified. It was a rather odd assertion, to say the least. Ukraine is led by a proud, democratically-elected Jew, Volodymyr Zelensky, chosen by nearly three-quarters of the voters in 2019. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Jews were enjoying a vibrant religious and communal life until the Russian assault, and the government had adopted one of the toughest measures anywhere against antisemitism.
Ironically, this was a perfect example of “the pot calling the kettle black.” Indeed, it was Putin’s regime drawing from the Nazi playbook, not Ukraine.
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IsraAID Receives American Jewish Committee #StandWithUkraine Fund Donation
March 8, 2022
IsraAID, the international Israeli humanitarian aid organizations, is the first recipient of an American Jewish Committee (AJC) #StandWithUkraine Fund grant. The AJC grant will support IsraAID in establishing safe spaces for children, providing medical supplies, and offering trauma counseling. IsraAID, a longtime partner of AJC, has responded to humanitarian crises worldwide for more than 20 years, and often is among the first relief organization to be on site, as it is now doing in Moldova.
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American Jewish Committee Supports U.S. Leadership in Confronting Russia Invasion of Ukraine
March 7, 2022
American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris expressed today, in a letter to President Joe Biden, “unreserved support for American leadership in mobilizing global solidarity and assistance for Ukraine.” “You can count on the full support of American Jewish Committee and our hundreds of thousands of advocates across the country,” wrote Harris, “as the U.S. considers additional steps to support Ukraine’s struggle to defend itself and to meet the urgent needs of its citizens, as well as to punish Moscow and to isolate it from the global economy.”
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AJC’s Letter to President Biden in Support of the Ukrainian people
On March 7, 2022, AJC sent the following letter to President Biden showcasing the organization’s support for and solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
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Russia’s War on Ukraine: Responsibility and Responses of the Transatlantic Community - AJC Advocacy Anywhere
March 3, 2022
AJC Europe Director Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Polish Foreign Minister (2007-2014) and Member of European Parliament Radosław Sikorski, POLITICO Chief Europe Correspondent Matt Karnitschnig, and Atlantic Council Eurasia Center nonresident fellow Vladislav Davidzon provided an in-depth discussion of current events in Ukraine and of Russia's sweeping invasion that threatens to crush the sovereignty of a nation and destroy the post-Soviet European order.
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People of the Pod: AJC CEO David Harris on Putin, Babyn Yar, and “Denazification"
March 3, 2022
American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris joins us to discuss the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine. Harris takes on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim about the need to “denazify” Ukraine, shares what everyone, especially the Jewish community, needs to know about Babyn Yar, Ukraine’s Holocaust memorial which was partially damaged by Russian forces, and issues a warning that Putin’s tactics are drawn from Hitler’s playbook.
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American Jewish Committee Decries Russian Attack on Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial
March 1, 2022
American Jewish Committee (AJC) is horrified by Russia’s indiscriminate missile attacks on Kyiv that today killed at least five people and severely damaged the Babi Yar memorial. At this site, Nazi Germans murdered more than 100,000 people, primarily Jews, and for decades the Soviets refused to erect a proper memorial to honor the victims.
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AJC Launches #StandWithUkraine Fund to Provide Urgent Humanitarian Relief
March 1, 2022
American Jewish Committee (AJC), the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, launched today AJC’s Emergency #StandWithUkraine Fund to assist Ukrainian refugees and to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine following Russia’s unprovoked, violent invasion.
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Putin’s Act Of War: How We Got Here And What To Do
February 25, 2022
With the brazen Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is important to try to understand how this happened and how to respond. This act of war didn’t occur in a vacuum. Russian President Vladimir Putin had said as early as 2005 that the “collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.”
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5 Reasons to Take Action in Support of Ukraine
February 25, 2022
Ukraine is under attack. America and our allies must act. Here are five reasons to act now!
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AJC CEO David Harris at Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Press Conference
February 25, 2022
AJC CEO David Harris called out Russia’s brazen act of war against Ukraine and reiterated American Jewish Committee’s long standing commitment to an independent Ukraine.
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People of the Pod: Live from Kyiv: The Future of Ukraine and its Large Jewish Community
February 24, 2022
Just hours before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Vladislav Davidzon, founding editor of The Odessa Review and contributor to Tablet Magazine, joined us live from Kyiv for a fascinating analysis and unique perspective on the mood on the ground, what Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to accomplish, and the future of Europe's fourth largest Jewish community.
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Ukraine and the Meaning of Israel in 2022
February 21, 2022
There are as many as 300,000 Jews living in Ukraine today. Whatever happens in the weeks and months ahead, they know they don’t have to face the prospect of homelessness. And that’s because, thankfully, Israel is a reality.
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We Stand With Ukraine
January 24, 2022
American Jewish Committee David Harris remarks on the Ukraine crisis.
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