Vitalik Buterin Warns Putin: Invading Ukraine Will Harm Humanity

The ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin warns the President of Russia Vladimir Putin that if he decides to invade Ukraine, the results will harm humanity as tensions mount over the chances of Russia invading Ukraine so let’s see more what he had to say in our latest Ethereum news.

Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum is also Russian but was raised in Toronto, took it to Twitter in his mother tongue to urge Putin to avoid the war in Ukraine. He tweeted after the many reprots of Russia preparing to invade the smaller country. Vitalik Buterin warns Putin that the consequences could be dramatic as it can harm humanity. His message came as the Ukrainian crisis continues to enhance as the Russian military forces already circled the smaller country on three sides and the diplomatic efforts are floundering.

Buterin was raised in Toronto by Russian immigrants and he often tweets in English but now he used his mother tongue to say that an invasion will harm both countries and that humanity will suffer as a whole. He added that the choice to avoid war lies entirely with Putin and the Kremlin. This is not his first interaction with Putin. In 2017, he met with the Russian President in Person as a part of a broader effort to promote ETH in his native country and the effort included an extended tour of Russia’s Tatarstan region.

His father Dmitry also stepped up criticism for Putin’s regime and described the Russian President as KGB murderer a year ago. Both his father and Vitalik described the passion for Ethereum as driven in part by a desire to promote democracy and decentralization. Under Putin, what made Russia a country that celebrated achievements in physics, chess, and literature, he turned the country into a mob. Putin’s agents even jailed and poisoned the opposition leader Alexie Navalny in 2020. Vitalik even tagged the Kremlin Twitter account but they haven’t responded back.

As recently reported, According to a new report by Elliptic, Ukraine will use BTC to “fund the war” with Russia, detailing how the NGOs and the volunteer groups will use it to fund operations against Russia. Most of the groups provide financial assistance to the military and the others are involved in cyber warfare.