A sign on the door of the 17.804 Indonesian restaurant reads “Closed,” as pedestrians pass it by during the first harsh COVID-19 lockdown on March 18, 2020 in central Kyiv.
The pandemic has deterred many Ukrainians from starting their own business.
In the country of 37 million people, the state registered only 54,000 new legal entities in 2020, 20% less than in 2019, according to a recent report by online database YouControl.