Strikes on Ukraine’s Export Hubs Damage Key Commodity Facilities
- Ukraine gets 40% of its GDP from exports like grain and steel
- Grain, steel infrastructure are among sites hit by Russia
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Russian attacks on some of Ukraine’s key export hubs are damaging commodities infrastructure and mean it could be a long road until shipments fully recover.
Ukraine’s ports have been closed since the war began, and now some major grain-export facilities and steel plants have been severely hit by shelling. They include a site belonging to agribusiness giant Bunge Ltd. in Mykolayiv on the Black Sea, as well as the large Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.