The company said on Saturday that it was suspending shipments to Russia due to the current situation.
The company said that they continue to monitor the situation to determine their next steps.
The company wouldn't say if it plans to stop services in Russia. A person with knowledge of the matter said that the products have been suspended.
Shipping channels and flights into Russia have been halted after global shipping companies such as Maersk, which participated in sanctions, decided to suspend all operations at Russian ports. Korean companies were unable to send products to Russia because of the suspension of the cargo service by the South Korean shipping company.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, sent a letter to Han Jong-hee, the vice chairman of the company, urging them to temporarily stop supplying services and products in Russia.
@Samsung, I urge you to take a step towards world peace! As long as Russian tanks and missiles bomb kindergartens and hospitals in Ukraine, your cool equipment cannot be used by Russians! pic.twitter.com/xjOInduclD
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 4, 2022
Fedorov said in the letter that he wanted to be part of history and help the situation. Modern technology is the best answer to the tanks, multiple rocket launchers and missiles that target residential neighborhoods, kindergartens, and hospitals. Stay with Ukraine and you will save millions of lives.
Our priority is to ensure the safety of all our employees and their families, and we are thinking of everyone who has been impacted. We plan to support humanitarian efforts around the region.
It is donating $6 million, including $1 million in consumer electronics products, as well as voluntary donations from its employees.
The data by statecounter shows that the market share of Apple andXiaomi in Russia is 19.9%) and 22%, respectively.
A number of tech companies stopped operating services in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Apple stopped product sales in Russia. All new sales products and services in Russia have been suspended by Microsoft.
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