Ukraine's warzone economy

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🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Russia's invasion has forced Ukrainian businesses to mobilize for the broader war effort. How are the people on the ground adjusting and what are they doing to support themselves?

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:03.0	War time economy.
0:13.4	You might have heard this phrase before, a wartime economy is when a country reorganizes
0:17.5	its resources to support its armed forces.
0:21.0	And a prime example of this that might come to mind is the US during World War II.
0:25.5	That is when entire industries shifted their production to making things like planes,
0:30.7	guns, ammo and armor.
0:32.9	Well a version of this is happening right now in Ukraine.
0:36.9	Take this school gymnasium in the city of Ternopoul in the western part of the country.
0:43.0	This is Oksana Polypiv.
0:47.0	She spoke to NPR through a translator.
0:49.0	So a couple days ago before the war, it was just a regular sports room for the kids in
0:57.2	the school.
0:58.2	But then Oksana and others, they heard about how Ukrainian forces needed camouflage nets.
1:03.3	Basically these nets that you drape over military vehicles to try and hide them from view.
1:08.3	You know, make them blend in with the landscape.
1:10.4	The same day people were informed that they would organize places like this to help
1:17.8	to create help and make those nets for the army.
1:22.0	More than 100 volunteers showed up to help assemble these nets by hand.
1:29.0	So soldiers are coming here and they just grabbing this stuff right from here and then they
1:33.6	send it to wherever they need.
1:36.2	Along with civilian volunteers like Oksana, Ukrainian businesses are getting involved too.
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