Following is the full text of the open letter from the American Association for Ukrainian Studies regarding budget cuts following the formation of the Stabilization Fund.
TO: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhii Marchenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, Interim Minister of Culture Svitlana Fomenko
As American scholars of Ukraine, we appeal to you in defense of Ukrainian cultural and scholarly institutions that are disproportionately threatened by the proposed budget cuts following the formation of the Stabilization Fund.