Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of aiming to convert his countrymen and women into “silent slaves” while his forces try to kill as many people as possible.

Neither is swapping rubles for dollars at a bank, which the Kremlin forbids.

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, more than 300 of the world’s most renowned businesses have voluntarily ceased or reduced their operations.

Global banks such as Goldman Sachs, all of the Big Four accountancy companies, and consumer brands such as Starbucks and Ford are among them.

“A lot of these corporations pulling out of Russia aren’t doing it for reputational reasons,” Mr Hess noted.

“Because they know they won’t be able to process payments and move money.”

For everyone complicit in the present horrors, he has called for a tribunal akin to the ones that brought Nazis to justice.

It followed the finding of mass graves in the aftermath of the Russian retreat from Bucha, roughly 37 miles from Kyiv’s city, and other regions.

Mr Zelensky stated that bodies had their wrists tied behind their backs and that women and children had been raped and killed.

Meanwhile, in the face of a Kremlin information blackout, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed the atrocities were “so horrible,” and that if regular Russians realised what was going on, they would not back Putin’s war.

In a video message to the Russian people yesterday, he asked them to learn the truth about the crimes in Ukraine.