In a wide-ranging discussion, Vadaturskyy explained that the Russian invasion force has occupied around one-third of the company’s land and damaged or stolen assets worth $415 million. This includes the theft of grain valued at $42 million that was stored in temporarily occupied territories. In 2021, NIBULON exported 5.6 million tonnes of grain. In 2022, the figure fell to 1.82 million tonnes. At the same time, Vadaturskyy drew attention to NIBULON’s investments in new infrastructure as part of its strategy to diversify export routes away from its home port of Mykolaiv that remains unusable because of the war. He explained that the company had drawn on its own funds to build a new export terminal at Izmail close to the Romanian border. Vadaturskyy expressed confidence that NIBULON would remain a successful company but stressed that private business in Ukraine requires access to financing to secure its future.Other topics discussed were NIBULON’s contribution to the physical security of Mykolaiv and the investigation into the deaths last summer of NIBULON’s founder Oleksiy Vadaturskyy and his wife in a Russian missile strike on their home in the city.The full interview can be read here (in Ukrainian).Photo: Valentyna Polischuk/LIGA.net