Donetsk businessman Serhiy Taruta appealed to Ukrainians to unite under threat of Russian occupation.

His open letter was published by Ukrainska Pravda on March 1.

“Dear compatriots, I’m appealing to you not as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ISD Corporation, but as a Russian-speaking citizen of Ukraine and as a resident of Donbas who has both Russian and Ukrainian blood,” he writes.