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World Desk, AnyTV, Washington
Published by: Jeet Kumar
Updated Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:14 AM IST
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The company has issued a letter saying that McDonald’s cannot ignore the human suffering in Ukraine.
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Today is the 13th day of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, according to some media reports, Russia has intensified missile attacks on Ukraine. McDonald’s is temporarily closing all 850 of its restaurants in Russia in response to the deadly invasion of Ukraine. Earlier, many big companies have imposed restrictions at their level. However, due to this, talks were held between the two countries on Monday, no agreement could be reached in this.
McDonald’s has issued an open letter to its employees, in which McDonald’s President and CEO Chris Kempczinski has said that closing the store is the right thing to do because McDonald’s cannot ignore human suffering in Ukraine. Also McDonald’s said it would continue to pay its 62,000 employees in Russia.