Ukraine’s economy seems to be growing again

When odessa’s ports were shut by naval threats at the start of the war, farmers were unable to ship their produce. “We were getting phone calls from Milan, crying, saying they didn’t have ingredients for their pasta,” remembers Alla Stoianova, a local official. Since the region’s ports are the main export route for Ukraine—the world’s second-largest exporter of cereals and third-largest exporter of vegetable oils—global food prices rocketed.