War in Ukraine disrupts key supply chains – and lives
1 min readPhoto caption: The Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine, is shown, Thursday, March 10, 2022. […] Photo credit: Eugene Sabadyr / Interpipe Steel via AP. Article by Matt O’Brien. AP News – March 15, 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. […]