Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess reacted with horror to the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
"As one of the world's largest automakers employing 660,000 people, we watch the attack on Ukraine with great concern and dismay," he told a conference on Friday.
The Central and Eastern European market is of some importance for VW.
Diess explained that a task force had been set up to assess other possible consequences, for example on supply relationships.
The EU has launched far-reaching sanctions against Russia.
Volkswagen operates its own car production facility in Kaluga, southwest of the capital Moscow.
Works council also “deeply shaken”
"We are convinced that a sustainable solution to the conflict can only be found on the basis of international law," said Diess.
The main thing now is to ensure the safety of employees in the region.
Employees working in Ukraine have already been offered to be flown out.
The European and global group works councils of VW AG were also "deeply shaken".
However, the airspace over Ukraine is currently closed.
After the first combat operations, the company stated that it had "received the news about the Russian attack with great concern and dismay".
Central and Eastern Europe are an important sales market for the second largest car company after Toyota.
In 2021, all VW Group brands delivered almost 660,000 vehicles there.
The core brand VW passenger cars sold around 206,000 new cars in the region last year.