Changes

After the 2014 coup Ukraine and Russia severed economic ties leading to a shutdown of high value-added manufacturing that had been geared to the Russian market.

After the 2014 coup Ukraine and Russia severed economic ties leading to a shutdown of high value-added manufacturing that had been geared to the Russian market.

This included the shuttering of national flagship industries such as the Yuzhmash space rocket and engine plant in Dnepropetrovsk, which had employed tens of thousands, as well as the Nikolaev shipyard, and the Motor Sich helicopter engine plant in Zaporozhye. Also, whatever was left of the Antonov concern in the Kiev area, to name the biggest and best-known.

This included the shuttering of national flagship industries such as the Yuzhmash space rocket and engine plant in [[Dnepropetrovsk]], which had employed tens of thousands, as well as the Nikolaev shipyard, and the Motor Sich helicopter engine plant in Zaporozhye. Also, whatever was left of the Antonov concern in the Kiev area, to name the biggest and best-known.

Some of these and other factories were partially converted, on a small scale, to produce lower-end military hardware, which the state bought with American money.  Many other industries (e.g., electromechanical parts and instruments, building materials, processed foods, etc.) lost their Russian market, and their wares and produce was not wanted in Europe.  Some of these enterprises survived, but shrunk. in doing so.   

Some of these and other factories were partially converted, on a small scale, to produce lower-end military hardware, which the state bought with American money.  Many other industries (e.g., electromechanical parts and instruments, building materials, processed foods, etc.) lost their Russian market, and their wares and produce was not wanted in Europe.  Some of these enterprises survived, but shrunk. in doing so.