Ponomaryov, Gannushkina and their co-signees strongly objected to an attack on Ukraine as unjustified and immoral. They predicted the development of a Russian mass anti-war movement and promised to do their best to prevent the war.[107] More intellectuals and activists signed the anti-war statement. As of 7 February 2022[update], the statement had been signed by 5000 Russian intellectuals.[108][109]