A man walks past Sanofi headquartersPARIS, Mar 23 spending not related to life-saving medicines and vaccines in Russia and Belarus, the company said in a statement. vital medicines and vaccines in Russia and Belarus,» the message reads. including advertising expenses, as well as the termination of any new recruitment of patients for ongoing clinical trials. At the same time, the company added that they would continue to treat already registered patients. Russia began a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president stressed.
