Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy Asks Western Tech Companies To Stop Product Support For Russia

Microsoft has stopped shipping products to Russia. (photo credit: pixabay)

JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, March 13 asked US software companies Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp and German business software group SAP to stop support services for their products in Russia.

Now can be no 'half' decisions or 'halftones'! There is only black and white, good or evil! You are either for peace or support the bloody Russian aggressor to kill Ukrainian children and women. @Microsoft @Oracle @SAP, stop supporting your products in Russia, stop the war!

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 13, 2022

This is part of Western sanctions against Russia, which since February 24 has been attacking Ukraine.

"Stop supporting your product in Russia, stop the war!" Zelensky tweeted.

By blocking the service, Zelensky hopes that Russia will find it difficult to implement technology that comes from the West. At least this will annoy the Russian government to use access to technology to attack Ukraine.

Microsoft itself has actually stopped shipping its goods and products to Russia since last week. However, it is not clear whether this is really effective, because Microsoft products already owned by the Russian side will still work.