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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul Wiseman and David McHugh

War in Ukraine at 1 year: Pain, resilience in global economy

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

An Egyptian widow is struggling to afford meat and eggs for her five children. An exasperated German laundry owner watches as his energy bill jumps fivefold. Nigerian bakeries have shut their doors, unable to afford the exorbitant price of flour.

One year after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and caused widespread suffering, the global economy is still enduring the consequences — crunched supplies of grain, fertilizer and energy along with more inflation and economic uncertainty in a world that was already contending with too much of both.

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