Ukraine war: Refugees and resilience

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

It is estimated almost eight million people have left Ukraine in the past 12 months. They have all had to start again - finding housing, schools and a way to earn a living.

In this episode we hear from Ukrainians who are staying resilient through huge changes to their lives. They tell us about making sure they can provide for their families, run businesses and help their employees.

Konstantin Klyagin is an IT and software entrepreneur from Kyiv. When the war started he was on a flight and unable to land in Ukraine. He now lives in Lisbon, Portugal and tells us about helping his employees relocate with him. Vadim Rogovskiy runs an company developing AI software for use in online shopping. Vadim now lives between New York and Poland. He relocated his whole team to Warsaw, Poland on the day of the invasion.

Presenter / producer: Alex Bell (Image: Konstantin Klyagin; Credit: Konstantin Klyagin)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC. I'm Alex Bell, and in the second of this two-part series,
0:07.7	we'll be hearing more about the remarkable resilience of Ukrainian refugees all around the world.
0:13.1	I couldn't believe what was going on, and I just worked 24-7, you know, saving my business and helping whoever I could.
0:21.4	Since Russia invaded 12 months ago, upending millions of lives and livelihoods, the losses to Ukraine
0:28.1	have been huge. But so too, the determination that many have shown in the face of some
0:34.1	immeasurable challenges.
0:35.7	When such things happen in life, you have to leave it to the full
0:39.4	and you have to do what you want.
0:40.8	And of course it was a lot of stress for everyone.
0:42.9	But I can say that it was the right decision.
0:45.0	We'll be hearing from people like Vadim,
0:47.0	who've managed not only to carry on working,
0:50.0	but to keep an entire business afloat.
0:52.8	We'll also be speaking to those who've had to adapt in order to
0:56.0	survive. After normal life in Ukraine, we need normal life here. I can't just sit and wait when
1:03.1	somebody helped me every time. Back in August last year, my colleague Jess Quayle spoke to Yulia.
1:12.7	She'd been living in the UK for six months at the time,
1:15.7	and she explained then how her dream was to start a new business doing what she loved,
1:21.0	making wedding dresses to order.
1:23.0	Hmm, it's a crazy idea, but I think I can't try,
1:26.4	because I really like my job.
1:29.5	My professional is my life, you know.
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