A PUB has banned all Russian made products in an act of support for Ukraine.
As the European Union takes the unprecedented step of sending arms to Ukraine following Russia's invasion, The Crown and Anchor Inn in Brighton is also showing support for the country in their own way.
The Preston Road pub has announced that in an act of solidarity with Ukraine, it will no longer serve Russian made products and produce.
The yellow and blue colours of the Ukrainian flag are also being beamed onto the outside of the building at night.
In a statement released on social media, the pub said the killing of innocent citizens in Ukraine left them wanting to help in any way they could.
The statement said: “The Crown and Anchor Inn has decided that in light of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine that we will no longer sell any Russian made products.
“Whilst this is no reflection on the Russian people, unfortunately their government has decided to invade a fellow country for their own personal gain and the killing of innocent citizens has made us decide to fully remove all Russian made produce.
“We have requested from our wholesale suppliers to do same in support of Ukraine.”
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the bombardment of Kharkiv, which has killed dozens of civilians, as a war crime.
Nine people, including three children, were killed on Monday after suspected Russian cluster bombs targeted residential buildings in Ukraine's second biggest city.
"It was clearly a war crime. Peaceful city. Peaceful residential areas. No military facilities. Dozens of eyewitness records prove that this is not a single false volley, but the deliberate destruction of people. The Russians knew where they were shooting,” Zelenskyy said.
A Brighton-born man living in Kyiv with his family has been sheltering in a basement with his wife Victoria, 12-year-old stepdaughter Veronica and their cat Pumpkin since the invasion began.
"This is our home - we’ve got an apartment, we’ve got a brand new car and we’re doing well over here," Dan Baker said.
"I’m not going to be bullied out of my home. If it happened in England, if the roles were reversed, would you run away?"
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