The CEO of Human Company, is in touch with U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s workplace to get its contractors out of Kyiv.
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis tech agency is attempting to assist its 13 contractors in Ukraine, most of whom stay within the nation as Russian forces superior Friday on the capital of Kyiv and residents have been urged to “put together Molotov cocktails” to defend in opposition to them.
The staff members of Human Company are engineers, internet builders and human sources recruiting specialists. Six stay in Kyiv, two in Cherkasy, and two in Lviv. Three have left Ukraine and are in Romania.
Brendan Lind, CEO of Human Company, is in touch with U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s workplace, to find out if there may be humanitarian help obtainable and if any Ukrainians inquisitive about transferring to the US can accomplish that. Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, on Thursday referred to as for “crippling financial sanctions (in opposition to Russia) and direct assist for Ukraine.”
“We’re very linked to them. They’re very very similar to household, in a means that’s intimate and shut,” Lind stated of the Ukrainian contractors. “The broader issues are, how lengthy does this (invasion) final? Does one thing occur to the staff particularly, their well-being and well being? There’s lots of uncertainty.”
Human Company, with an workplace within the Central West Finish, has 30 staff in the US and does digital advertising and marketing and software program for purchasers starting from startups to nonprofit advocacy organizations. The agency says its mission is “increasing human freedom” and Lind stated working with “anti-totalitarian and pro-democracy” Ukrainians is a part of that dedication.