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The founder of cosmetics retailer Lush has revealed all his staff in Ukraine are safe but that 15 stores across the country have been closed<\/strong> as Russian troops advance on major cities.<\/p>\n

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Mark Constantine said he had received messages from staff saying they remain shocked but secure, although Lush\u2019s manager in Ukraine reported he could hear explosions not far from his home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Constantine told the PA news agency: \u201cColleagues are letting us know exactly what it sounds like from their apartments. It\u2019s very scary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve told us attacks have started all over Ukraine. They\u2019ve had explosions one kilometre from their homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re safe but staying home and I\u2019ve asked how we can help our staff.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lush is one of the few British companies to have stores in the country, including six in the capital Kyiv. A further two are in Lviv, three in Odesa, two in Kharkiv and one in Zaporizhzhia.<\/p>\n

All sites will remain shut as the country is thrown into turmoil and Constantine said support is being offered, including distributing products to people affected by the invasion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019ve asked if there\u2019s some way we can get the stock in our shops to some place where people can get access to it to help them through the difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lush also has stores in Russia and Constantine said staff there have been equally shocked by the situation in neighbouring Ukraine.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019ve been discussing what to do with Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy who runs our Russian business is from Ukraine and none of them expected this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey thought it was political posturing and that they would get away without this happening, so they\u2019ve been very surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simon Nicholls, Lush\u2019s business development manager, who oversees the company\u2019s operations in Ukraine and Russia, added: \u201cWe\u2019re in touch with our leadership team there and so far they are in touch with all of the staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got 15 shops in Ukraine and have been there since 2009. We have contact directly or indirectly and everyone is safe so far but as you can imagine the shops are shut, locked and lights are out.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOur country director was only a couple of kilometres from the first strikes in Kyiv, so it really brings it home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The manager said it seemed unlikely that new sanctions would impact the Russian business, which continues to trade as normal.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe team in Russia is equally as horrified as we are in what\u2019s happening. What people have tended to forget is that a lot of Russians have family in Ukraine, including our colleagues.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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