GetResponse in solidarity with Ukraine
On February 24, at roughly 6:15 AM, our close friends in Kyiv been given the worst wake-up simply call a person might consider. A collection of 7 loud explosions ripped by means of the air, spreading worry and horror across this tranquil European money housing 3 million individuals.
That was the starting mark of Russia’s aggression from Ukraine: aggression incomprehensible provided that a nuclear ability with a 1+ million army— underneath fake pretexts — invaded a weaker neighbor with a 5x smaller sized military, breaking the cycle of nearly 80 years of (relative) peace in Europe.
To our shoppers, partners, employees —
We condemn the Russian government’s final decision to invade Ukraine. We are appalled by Russian war crimes in Ukraine: bombing civilian targets, killing citizens of a sovereign state (killing females and youngsters), working with exceptionally lethal weaponry (which include cluster and thermobaric weapons).
In addition, we are vehemently opposed to Russia’s misrepresentation of the truth of the matter:
- degrading the real nature of this evil war by pretending it to be a “special operation” or a “conflict”
- suppressing the fact about hundreds of Russian casualties in the unjust war with Ukraine
- arresting anti-war protesters (like 77-yr previous Leningrad siege survivor Yelena Osipova)
- banning free of charge speech in Russia.
Russia claimed they begun an operation to “denazify” Ukraine (the irony of which is not to be underestimated — after all, Ukraine’s President is of Jewish origin, and 4 of his family members associates were killed by Nazis). But, Russia is de facto waging a complete-scale war against a tranquil neighbor and following the footsteps of Nazi Germany when it — aided by the Soviet Union — invaded my property region Poland in 1939. This is specifically suitable as Russia annexed territory from Ukraine 8 yrs back.
As a company with countless numbers of clients all over the environment and hundreds of workforce (including Ukrainians and Russians), we will have to acquire a stand.
Below is what that indicates for us:
Ukraine relief
We are sending 200,000 PLN (~ $50,000) really worth of clinical support relief to Ukraine through the initiative we’ve spearheaded BiznesDlaUkrainy.pl (“Polish Organization For Ukraine”). We are also allocating a further 20,000 PLN to deliver housing to girls and young children fleeing from the warzone to Poland.
Our staff
We have a selection of Ukrainian crew members, and we are supplying different kinds of support to them and their households in this tough time. We are also supporting our workers in Russia, as they are severely impacted by their government’s determination to move forward with the senseless invasion of Ukraine.
Pausing the sale of all new program to Russia
In reaction to Russia’s unprecedented invasion of Ukraine, we are stopping new gross sales of our products and solutions in Russia and Belarus. We are severing ties with all Russian govt agencies and providers that are suspected of remaining actors in this war exertion. We want to position out that we are not terminating interactions with our tiny and medium-sized small business buyers. In gentle of Russia’s ongoing coverage of undermining absolutely free speech, we believe that email stays one particular of the couple of open channels exactly where firms and people can specific by themselves freely.
GetResponse has been present in Russia for 9 years and has a major existence on the Russian market. While the choice to limit our Russian operation has been a tough one, given the circumstances, it is the right point to do.
We stand with Ukraine and will hold supporting our buddies in the most effective way we can.
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
