Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister has called on Apple to stop selling its products and to shut down its App Store in Russia. Mykhailo Fedorov, who also serves as the country’s Minister of Digital Transformation, has asked Tim Cook for the tech giant’s support in a letter. “The whole world is repelling the aggressor through the imposition of sanctions — the enemy must suffer significant losses… [I]n 2022, modern technology is perhaps the best answer to tanks, multiple rocket launchers and missiles,” he wrote in a bid to convince Apple’s chief executive.
Russia launched a full-scale military assault on Ukraine in early Thursday, entering the country from three sides and attacking by land, air and sea. It bombed the country’s major cities, including the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which was bombarded with missiles on Friday morning. As a response to the invasion, the US government and its…