As major cities across Ukraine endure devastating attacks, company leaders in the U.S. and Europe have expressed awe at their Ukraine-based staff.
Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv and its capital Kyiv have been under heavy bombardment for days, with government facilities, residential buildings and public areas aflame or reduced to rubble, despite Russia's claims to only be targeting military infrastructure.
"Our lead front-end developer fled to Lviv to his parents' rural house 40km outside the city and is still submitting pull requests," Eric Hovagim, CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based betting platform Pogbet, told CNBC. "He's returning to Lviv tomorrow morning to continue his work while helping with the fight."
An aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, Ukraine March 3, 2022.One Ukrainian developer, who requested anonymity for professional reasons, described how hard it was to keep working amidst war.
"I want to say thank you to everybody who is interested in my country and who worries about it," he added.
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