Ukraine calls for boycotts of global firms that stay open in Russia

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian Overseas Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated on Monday sanctions stress ought to be elevated on Russia and known as for a world boycott of worldwide corporations which have saved their operations open in Russia.

In a briefing on the struggle between Russia and Ukraine, Kuleba additionally known as for worldwide ports to bar passage to Russian ships and cargo.

“Worldwide companies should depart Russia, each for ethical and sensible causes,” Kuleba stated.

Russia has been hit by a sequence of worldwide sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Kuleba stated he believed one other spherical of sanctions was imminent.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder, Writing by Alessandra Prentice, Enhancing by Timothy Heritage)