This Kyiv jeweler began making body armor when Russia invaded. Now it's also sending wedding rings to soldiers on the frontline
is just one of the thousands of businesses whose operations have been completely upended by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine., according to the UN, while businesses moved their operations to a wartime footing. Oberig, founded by Tetiana Kondtratyuk, has had to cope with its employees being split between joining Ukraine's armed forces, others fleeing the conflict and some continuing to work.
"From the very beginning of the war, I saw a lot of stories about soldiers who got married at the front," Kondratyuk told Insider. On the morning of February 23, Anastasiia Herasymova and her husband Denys told Insider they felt some anxiety about the build-up of Russian troops, before their world was rocked by the invasion the next day.
"I don't really believe in God, but I pray for his safety every night," Anastasiia said."I direct all my thoughts to his defense. And the days are very typical, gray, as if all the bright colors have been taken away from my life."