Read Tim Cook’s email to employees on Ukraine

Tim Prepare dinner despatched out an e-mail to workers this morning addressing the Russian invasion of Ukraine and explaining the actions Apple has taken in response to the occasions of the previous two weeks. The e-mail additionally tells workers that Apple will likely be matching donations they make to sure humanitarian reduction funds two to at least one, and can accomplish that retroactively for donations made since February twenty fifth.

A replica of this e-mail was obtained by The Verge, and you’ll learn it beneath in full (except for an inside Apple e-mail handle being redacted):

I wished to take a second to deal with the continuing disaster in Ukraine.

I do know I converse for everybody at Apple in expressing our concern for all of these affected by the violence. With every new picture of households fleeing their houses and courageous residents combating for his or her lives, we see how essential it’s for individuals all over the world to come back collectively to advance the reason for peace.

Apple is donating to humanitarian reduction efforts and offering support for the unfolding refugee disaster. We’re additionally working with companions to evaluate what extra we are able to do. I do know that a lot of you’re keen to seek out methods to assist as nicely, and we need to assist amplify the impression of your donations. Beginning immediately, Apple will match your donations at a price of two:1 for eligible organizations, and we are going to make this retroactive for donations to these organizations since February 25. Please go to the Worker Giving Portal to study extra.

We’re working to assist our groups in Ukraine and throughout the area. In Ukraine, we’ve got been involved with each worker, helping them and their households in any approach we are able to. For our Ukrainian crew members situated outdoors of the nation which will want assist, please contact [email redacted]. And for any worker who wants any assist, please go to the Individuals web site for obtainable sources.

As an organization, we’re taking extra actions as nicely. We’ve got paused all product gross sales in Russia. Final week, we stopped all exports into our gross sales channel within the nation. Apple Pay and different providers have been restricted. RT Information and Sputnik Information are not obtainable for obtain from the App Retailer outdoors Russia. And we’ve got disabled each visitors and dwell incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine as a security and precautionary measure for Ukrainian residents.

We’ll proceed to guage the state of affairs and are in communication with related governments on the actions we’re taking.

This second requires unity, it requires braveness, and it reminds us that we must not ever lose sight of the humanity all of us share. In these troublesome instances, I take consolation in realizing that we’re united in our dedication to one another, to our customers, and to being a drive for good on the earth.

As Prepare dinner highlights in his e-mail (and as Apple has talked about in public statements), Apple has taken quite a lot of actions within the area. On Tuesday it introduced that it’s halting the sale of its merchandise in Russia. It’s additionally restricted Apple Maps knowledge sharing in Ukraine and Apple Pay use in Russia.

Prepare dinner additionally mentions that Apple has been involved with “each worker” based mostly in Ukraine, and is working to assist them and their households. Internally, some workers have mentioned getting their households out of Ukraine.