🇺🇦 Russian forces destroyed much of his factory in eastern Ukraine. When they offered him a chance to return and operate under Russian control, he refused.
Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Rubizhne sock factory employed more than 150 people and exported its products to Europe. After losing their factory to the war, its owners took out new loans and restarted production hundreds of miles away, in Lviv.
But rebuilding far from the front lines has brought unexpected challenges, from soaring production costs and power outages to a shortage of skilled workers.
How did the factory survive, and what keeps its employees going after losing nearly everything?
Ukrainian Factory Owner Refused to Work for Russia. So He Started Over
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