Nestle has announced it is pulling popular brands including KitKat chocolate bars and Nesquik out of Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, but will still sell essential foods in the country
It comes after Mr Zelenskyy hit out at Nestle in a streamed speech to protesters in Switzerland on Saturday.
"Even now - when there are threats from Russia to other European countries. Not only to us. When there is even nuclear blackmail from Russia."• A US defence official has told Reuters that Russia's combat power in Ukraine has declined below 90% of its pre-invasion levels for the first time since the war began, suggesting heavy losses
• The United Nations says it has recorded 953 civilian deaths and 1,557 injuries among Ukrainians, while millions of people have fled their homesUkrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal had said on Twitter that Nestle boss Mark Schneider was"showing no understanding" of the severity of continuing to conduct business in Russia.
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