McDonald's to begin reopening Ukraine restaurants

FILE PHOTO: A woman speaks on the phone outside a closed McDonald's restaurant in Kyiv, Ukraine February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

(Reuters) -McDonald's Corp said on Thursday it plans on reopening its restaurants in Ukraine over the next few months in an early sign of western businesses returning to the country, even as the conflict with Russia continues.

The company closed all its restaurants in Ukraine and Russia in March, with McDonald's selling most of its restaurants in Russia to one of its local licensees in May.