DHL Suspends All Shipments To Russia, Belarus

German logistics giant DHL made it known on Wednesday that it was suspending all deliveries to Russia and Belarus, joining a growing list of Western businesses to cease operations in the countries after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The “inbound services to Russia and Belarus have been suspended”, DHL disclosed in a statement, adding that it was “not accepting shipments to those countries until further notice”.

DHL, one of the world’s largest logistics groups, also shut its offices in Ukraine until further notice to protect the “safety of our employees”, it said.

An increasing number of Western companies have broken off ties with Russia, which is the target of sanctions.

German logistics group DB Schenker announced the suspension of some services in Russia on Tuesday.

 Air freight deliveries to and from Europe were stopped after a number of Western countries blocked Russian planes from their airspace, DB Schenker said, while overland services continued with delays.