‘We are sure that such actions will motivate youth and active population of Russia to proactively stop the disgraceful military aggression,” Ukraine’s deputy prime minister wrote.
Should US tech companies intervene to discourage Russia from invading Ukraine? On Friday, a Ukrainian vice prime minister called on Apple to do just that. “I’ve contacted Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, to block the Apple Store for citizens of the Russian Federation, and to support the package of US government sanctions,” tweeted out Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation. The tweet included a picture of the official letter Fedorov sent to Apple’s CEO urging him to stop offering all company products and services in Russia, including the iOS App Store. The goal is to create public unrest and motivate the Russian people to demand their government call off the invasion of Ukraine.
