The Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine, on March 10, 2022.
The Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine, on March 10, 2022.

It can be hard to measure the ways that Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and raw materials needed to complete a variety of products – from cars to computer chips.

But cutting off one of those supply links brought a “depressing feeling” to Andrey Bibik, head of the Interpipe steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine. He spent the first hours of the war winding down his bustling 24-hour operation and sending almost everyone home.

“It’s empty and lonely. You don’t hear a sound. You see everything is frozen,” he said.

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20220316/war-ukraine-disrupts-key-supply-chains