[spectre] a terrible day

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Dear friends,

after the build-up of the last days and weeks, this morning we woke up 
to a terrible new situation. The Russian attack on Ukraine is a 
catastrophe, for the people and the country of Ukraine, and thus for 
Europe, and I believe also for Russia. This war will not only bring 
futile and awful destruction, but it will also change many things, not 
only in the Ukrainian territories now under attack.

I'm writing to open up this space for debate. You may have other 
channels for such discussions elsewhere (... it has been more than 
twenty years ago that the Syndicate list, the precursor to Spectre, was 
an important channel for such discussions during the conflict in Kosovo 
and the NATO attacks on Serbia). But this list, with its legacy of 
reflecting the diversity and solidarity of artists and cultural 
practitioners in "Deep Europe" and beyond, is certainly available for 
exchange, analysis and coordination if required.

If there are people here on the list who can report about the situation 
in Ukraine, they may want to inform their international colleagues about 
what forms of help and solidarity might be useful.

And if there are people (especially in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc.) 
who would like to write anonymously, please, feel free to write to me 
and I will anonymise and forward any reasonable messages.

Andreas