In Ukraine, fighting with Russian soldiers and supply disruptions have pushed inflation well above the global average, hiking the price of food and basics including salt. Ukraine has one of the largest salt factories in Europe but production isn’t expected to resume until the Russia-Ukraine War is over. How will the global economy continue to be affected by the ongoing war?
WSJ explains how the war is driving inflation for basic foods like salt and how that affects Ukrainians who are trying to stock food amid fears of famine this winter.
0:00 Food prices in Ukraine
1:02 Food supply disruptions
1:56 Why Ukrainians fear high salt prices
2:52 Ukraine’s other salt factory
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