Monday, February 16, 2026

We Must Not Forget Ukraine's Plight

As we approach the 4th anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, it is important to appropriately acknowledge it.

Last week, Professor Ladimer S. Nagurney and I had a Letter to the Editor published in the biggest western Massachusetts newspaper: The Springfield Republican. The letter, "We must not forget Ukraine's plight," appeared in the hard copy of this newspaper on February 12, 2026. It has not yet appeared online on masslive.com.

Below I am posting it (apologies for the small print).


We worked diligently on this letter and are grateful that the publisher of The Springfield Republican, Larry Parnass, accepted it.

It has been shared with relatives and also with Razom for Ukraine and the UNWLA (Soyuz Ukrainok), organizations who have been outstanding advocates for support of Ukraine.

And, in my previous post, I provided information on a panel of faculty and exchange students from Ukraine that I organized and that I will moderate, with support from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter: https://annanagurney.blogspot.com/2026/02/panel-at-isenberg-school-to-mark-4th.html

Slava Ukraini!