Brewer Carlsberg, Japan Tobacco and a Coca-Cola bottler are among companies to shut factories in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, while UPS and FedEx suspended courier services to and from the country.

Ukraine closed its airspace as Russian forces attacked in the early hours of Thursday, leaving budget airline Wizz Air trying to evacuate its Ukrainian-based crew, their families and four planes stuck in Kyiv and Lviv...

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