Rebuilding Together. How Ukrainian Businesses Recover After the Attacks
Published: Oct 28, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes Share: Share an articleThis is a story of entrepreneurs who do not wait for “better times.” Despite the war, they act here and now — rebuilding production damaged by the fighting.
With the support of the American people, the People in Need team stands by these resilient business owners. We provide training, consultations, and grants — and lend a shoulder where stopping could mean losing everything.
This article features two manufacturers and several facts that inspire both them and us to keep moving forward.
On the industrial outskirts of a town in the Lviv region, the steady hum of machinery fills the air. In a small workshop, brothers Mykhailo and Pavlo Maslov are at work. Before the full-scale invasion, their company Ringroup was based in Melitopol and employed more than 200 specialists. The business produced spare parts for agricultural, construction, and mining equipment, selling them across Ukraine and to the European Union.
When their city came under occupation, they lost everything — except their documents, their car, and their belief in themselves. Despite the risks, the brothers reached western Ukraine and started from zero.
We supported them with a grant of 190,000 UAH to purchase the necessary parts and restart production of hydraulic seals — small but essential components that extend the life of heavy machinery and help farmers, utility workers, and emergency services keep operating without interruption.
“These were the first parts that allowed us to work again. Now we are focused on expanding production and our base of European partners,” says Mykhailo Maslov.
Entrepreneurs who fled occupation or survived attacks are trying not to lose what matters most — their people and their customers. In Ukraine, where the war has reshaped the entire economy, grant support has become a kind of safety net — a chance to keep teams together and rebuild livelihoods.
We help business owners restore and grow their operations, and we invest in their learning.
In the Lviv region alone, more than 75 businesses have already received funding through this project, while hundreds more take part in trainings and consultations. We don’t just transfer money — we stay involved until business ideas turn into reality.
When a drone strike hit the sewing workshop of UNEED BRAND in Lviv, everything was lost — sewing machines, fabrics, finished clothes.
“My seamstresses immediately wrote, ‘Tania, we’re with you.’ And I replied, ‘Girls, we’ll be back to work in a week’ — and we really were,” Tetiana recalls.
Seven days after the attack, they found a new space and began rebuilding on their own.
We supported the business with a grant of over 200,000 UAH to buy two new sewing machines and cover rent for the first two months.
Five team members stayed together. Today, they are once again sewing stylish women’s clothing — now with customers beyond Ukraine’s borders.
Tetiana says this support restored not only their ability to work, but also their belief that life goes on — even after the fire.
