On Thursday, as Sacramento Kings center Alex Len posted a message on Twitter and Instagram, voicing support for his home country of Ukraine, while they undergo a Russian invasion.
Len and fellow Ukrainian NBA player, Svi Mykhailiuk, co-authored a letter on Thursday encapsulating their feelings on what is currently going on in their home country.
“We categorically condemn the war. Ukraine is a peaceful, sovereign state inhabited by people who want to decide their own destiny,” they wrote. “We pray for our families, friends, relatives and all the people who are in the territory of Ukraine.