Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko has called on world financial companies to stop any cooperation with the terrorist countries of the Russian Federation and Belarus.

"Today I personally addressed the heads of companies in the financial sector: banks, investment funds... with a request to stop any cooperation with Russia and Belarus – the countries that started a war against the people of Ukraine and daily kill civilians, destroy civilian infrastructure and inflict terrible suffering on the largest country in Europe in the 21st century," Marchenko wrote on Facebook on Friday.

"Here and now, Ukraine and Ukrainians are fighting for democracy and freedom throughout the world. I believe that under your leadership, your organizations will play an important role in ending this war," he said.

With such an appeal, the Minister of Finance addressed, in particular, Allianz, Bank of America, Barclays, Blackrock, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse Group AG, Danske Bank, Deutsche Bank, Fundsmith Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley, UBS Group AG, UniCredit Group, Wells Fargo and other banks and investment funds.