In 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plummeted by 20 percent, from $65.6 billion in 1993 to $52.5 billion, a 37 percent decline from the pre-collapse peak of $82.7 billion.

The only thing that is better than Russia's brother may be the resumption of grain production in Ukraine.

Relying on Europe's most fertile black soil, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, up 145 percent from the 11 million tons in 1991, but this figure is still barely half of the pre-collapse peak of 52 million tons.

The severe economic recession has left the Ukrainian people with a severe shortage of all living necessities except barely enough to fill their stomachs, and the whole country, even the capital Kyiv, is in a depression, with empty store shelves and closing, few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and thrift markets filled with everything that can be sold in residents' homes, books, records, cutlery, cameras, pianos, ...... Just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in this midwinter.

At the coldest time of the year, the depression is all the more alarming.

Celia Miller left Kyiv on the morning of January 10 local time and rushed along the wide national highway built during the Soviet era to Rivne Oblast, along the way with a large area of cities and villages covered with snow, which was a withered sight, and even gave people a sense of dead silence.

As a Pentagon official of the U.S. government who once directly confronted the former Soviet Union, Celia couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in the face of this scene.

At noon, we arrived in Rivni, the capital of Rivne Oblast, and it was a sunny day.

Compared with the decay scene seen all the way from Kyiv, the streets of the capital of Ukraine's northwestern border region are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles under the sun, even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, and the public faces wrapped in thick clothes do not have the numbness and indifference to the present and the future like Kyiv, but have a certain vitality that can be easily felt.

This is a city where there is hope.

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In 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plummeted by 20 percent, from $65.6 billion in 1993 to $52.5 billion, a 37 percent decline from the pre-collapse peak of $82.7 billion.

The only thing that is better than Russia's brother may be the resumption of grain production in Ukraine.

Relying on Europe's most fertile black soil, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, up 145 percent from the 11 million tons in 1991, but this figure is still barely half of the pre-collapse peak of 52 million tons.

The severe economic recession has left the Ukrainian people with a severe shortage of all living necessities except barely enough to fill their stomachs, and the whole country, even the capital Kyiv, is in a depression, with empty store shelves and closing, few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and thrift markets filled with everything that can be sold in residents' homes, books, records, cutlery, cameras, pianos, ...... Just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in this midwinter.

At the coldest time of the year, the depression is all the more alarming.

Celia Miller left Kyiv on the morning of January 10 local time and rushed along the wide national highway built during the Soviet era to Rivne Oblast, along the way with a large area of cities and villages covered with snow, which was a withered sight, and even gave people a sense of dead silence.

As a Pentagon official of the U.S. government who once directly confronted the former Soviet Union, Celia couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in the face of this scene.

At noon, we arrived in Rivni, the capital of Rivne Oblast, and it was a sunny day.

Compared with the decay scene seen all the way from Kyiv, the streets of the capital of Ukraine's northwestern border region are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles under the sun, even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, and the public faces wrapped in thick clothes do not have the numbness and indifference to the present and the future like Kyiv, but have a certain vitality that can be easily felt.

This is a city where there is hope.

In 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plummeted by 20 percent, from $65.6 billion in 1993 to $52.5 billion, a 37 percent decline from the pre-collapse peak of $82.7 billion.

The only thing that is better than Russia's brother may be the resumption of grain production in Ukraine.

Relying on Europe's most fertile black soil, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, up 145 percent from the 11 million tons in 1991, but this figure is still barely half of the pre-collapse peak of 52 million tons.

The severe economic recession has left the Ukrainian people with a severe shortage of all living necessities except barely enough to fill their stomachs, and the whole country, even the capital Kyiv, is in a depression, with empty store shelves and closing, few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and thrift markets filled with everything that can be sold in residents' homes, books, records, cutlery, cameras, pianos, ...... Just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in this midwinter.

At the coldest time of the year, the depression is all the more alarming.

Celia Miller left Kyiv on the morning of January 10 local time and rushed along the wide national highway built during the Soviet era to Rivne Oblast, along the way with a large area of cities and villages covered with snow, which was a withered sight, and even gave people a sense of dead silence.

As a Pentagon official of the U.S. government who once directly confronted the former Soviet Union, Celia couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in the face of this scene.

At noon, we arrived in Rivni, the capital of Rivne Oblast, and it was a sunny day.

Compared with the decay scene seen all the way from Kyiv, the streets of the capital of Ukraine's northwestern border region are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles under the sun, even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, and the public faces wrapped in thick clothes do not have the numbness and indifference to the present and the future like Kyiv, but have a certain vitality that can be easily felt.

This is a city where there is hope.

In 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plummeted by 20 percent, from $65.6 billion in 1993 to $52.5 billion, a 37 percent decline from the pre-collapse peak of $82.7 billion.

The only thing that is better than Russia's brother may be the resumption of grain production in Ukraine.

Relying on Europe's most fertile black soil, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, up 145 percent from the 11 million tons in 1991, but this figure is still barely half of the pre-collapse peak of 52 million tons.

The severe economic recession has left the Ukrainian people with a severe shortage of all living necessities except barely enough to fill their stomachs, and the whole country, even the capital Kyiv, is in a depression, with empty store shelves and closing, few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and thrift markets filled with everything that can be sold in residents' homes, books, records, cutlery, cameras, pianos, ...... Just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in this midwinter.

At the coldest time of the year, the depression is all the more alarming.

Celia Miller left Kyiv on the morning of January 10 local time and rushed along the wide national highway built during the Soviet era to Rivne Oblast, along the way with a large area of cities and villages covered with snow, which was a withered sight, and even gave people a sense of dead silence.

As a Pentagon official of the U.S. government who once directly confronted the former Soviet Union, Celia couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in the face of this scene.

At noon, we arrived in Rivni, the capital of Rivne Oblast, and it was a sunny day.

Compared with the decay scene seen all the way from Kyiv, the streets of the capital of Ukraine's northwestern border region are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles under the sun, even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, and the public faces wrapped in thick clothes do not have the numbness and indifference to the present and the future like Kyiv, but have a certain vitality that can be easily felt.

This is a city where there is hope.

In 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plummeted by 20 percent, from $65.6 billion in 1993 to $52.5 billion, a 37 percent decline from the pre-collapse peak of $82.7 billion.

The only thing that is better than Russia's brother may be the resumption of grain production in Ukraine.

Relying on Europe's most fertile black soil, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, up 145 percent from the 11 million tons in 1991, but this figure is still barely half of the pre-collapse peak of 52 million tons.

The severe economic recession has left the Ukrainian people with a severe shortage of all living necessities except barely enough to fill their stomachs, and the whole country, even the capital Kyiv, is in a depression, with empty store shelves and closing, few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and thrift markets filled with everything that can be sold in residents' homes, books, records, cutlery, cameras, pianos, ...... Just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in this midwinter.

At the coldest time of the year, the depression is all the more alarming.

Celia Miller left Kyiv on the morning of January 10 local time and rushed along the wide national highway built during the Soviet era to Rivne Oblast, along the way with a large area of cities and villages covered with snow, which was a withered sight, and even gave people a sense of dead silence.

As a Pentagon official of the U.S. government who once directly confronted the former Soviet Union, Celia couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in the face of this scene.

At noon, we arrived in Rivni, the capital of Rivne Oblast, and it was a sunny day.

Compared with the decay scene seen all the way from Kyiv, the streets of the capital of Ukraine's northwestern border region are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles under the sun, even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, and the public faces wrapped in thick clothes do not have the numbness and indifference to the present and the future like Kyiv, but have a certain vitality that can be easily felt.

This is a city where there is hope.

In 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plummeted by 20 percent, from $65.6 billion in 1993 to $52.5 billion, a 37 percent decline from the pre-collapse peak of $82.7 billion.

The only thing that is better than Russia's brother may be the resumption of grain production in Ukraine.

Relying on Europe's most fertile black soil, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, up 145 percent from the 11 million tons in 1991, but this figure is still barely half of the pre-collapse peak of 52 million tons.

The severe economic recession has left the Ukrainian people with a severe shortage of all living necessities except barely enough to fill their stomachs, and the whole country, even the capital Kyiv, is in a depression, with empty store shelves and closing, few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and thrift markets filled with everything that can be sold in residents' homes, books, records, cutlery, cameras, pianos, ...... Just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in this midwinter.

At the coldest time of the year, the depression is all the more alarming.

Celia Miller left Kyiv on the morning of January 10 local time and rushed along the wide national highway built during the Soviet era to Rivne Oblast, along the way with a large area of cities and villages covered with snow, which was a withered sight, and even gave people a sense of dead silence.

As a Pentagon official of the U.S. government who once directly confronted the former Soviet Union, Celia couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in the face of this scene.

At noon, we arrived in Rivni, the capital of Rivne Oblast, and it was a sunny day.

Compared with the decay scene seen all the way from Kyiv, the streets of the capital of Ukraine's northwestern border region are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles under the sun, even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, and the public faces wrapped in thick clothes do not have the numbness and indifference to the present and the future like Kyiv, but have a certain vitality that can be easily felt.

This is a city where there is hope.

In 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plummeted by 20 percent, from $65.6 billion in 1993 to $52.5 billion, a 37 percent decline from the pre-collapse peak of $82.7 billion.

The only thing that is better than Russia's brother may be the resumption of grain production in Ukraine.

Relying on Europe's most fertile black soil, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, up 145 percent from the 11 million tons in 1991, but this figure is still barely half of the pre-collapse peak of 52 million tons.

The severe economic recession has left the Ukrainian people with a severe shortage of all living necessities except barely enough to fill their stomachs, and the whole country, even the capital Kyiv, is in a depression, with empty store shelves and closing, few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets, and thrift markets filled with everything that can be sold in residents' homes, books, records, cutlery, cameras, pianos, ...... Just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in this midwinter.

At the coldest time of the year, the depression is all the more alarming.

Celia Miller left Kyiv on January 10 local time and rushed along the wide Soviet-era national highway to Rivne Oblast, where the vast expanse of cities and villages covered in snow along the way was a withered sight that even gave a sense of dead silence.

Compared with the decay scene seen all the way from Kyiv, the streets of the capital of Ukraine's northwestern border region are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles under the sun, even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, and the public faces wrapped in thick clothes do not have the numbness and indifference to the present and the future like Kyiv, but have a certain vitality that can be easily felt.