Hello Andy,

The Foundation is undertaking several initiatives in assisting the Wikimedia communities in Ukraine and Russia, and in reviewing the potential impacts that the sanctions will have on the movement. We are not able to discuss all the specifics without potential risk to those being supported.

What we can disclose is that the Trust and Safety and Human Rights units of the Foundation are in constant communication with community members in Ukraine and Russia. Our Disinformation Team on the other hand is actively collaborating with various communities in monitoring the situation, and in ensuring that the projects maintain neutrality during these unprecedented times.

Other emails on this thread have shared valuable ideas of how we can collectively assist the Wikimedia communities in Ukraine and Russia, and we are grateful for that. As we continue to monitor the situation, we urge everyone to report direct threats of harm through our dedicated channel: emergency@wikimedia.org, so that we can evaluate them on an individual basis and determine the best course of action.

On matters related to disinformation, and specifically pertaining to Ukraine and Russia, we have set up a dedicated channel and our team can be reached through drt@wikimedia.org.

Best,
Stephen

On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 5:25 AM Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 06:26, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> We share your concern for the ongoing threats to our community members in
> Ukraine and Russia, as well as our global mission to share free and open
> knowledge. As Ziko just shared, the Foundation issued a statement earlier
> today on the crisis in Ukraine.

I don't think any of us would disagree with the sentiments expressed there.

But your post does not answer the questions I posed in the original
post in this thread.

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