bengaluru india march for science a collective of scientists and science activists on thursday condemned russias invasion of ukraine and protested russias threat of using nuclear weaponsthis violates all canons of international law the collective said whatever be the dispute it should have been resolved peacefully through political dialogueit added we strongly urge an immediate stop to the military aggression and a withdrawal of russian troops from ukrainian territory the indian scientists statement read all counter provocations by the us and nato countries must also end it is for the ukrainian people to decide their political future without interference or pressure from outside the statement comes on the heels of an open letter from a group of russian scientists which among other things declared strong opposition to hostilities launched against the ukrainian people causing huge loss of life and undermining the foundations of the established system of international securityindian scientists say they fully endorse the open letter issued by russian scientists and it is heartening that people of russia were coming out in large numbers to protest against the invasion