Ukraine seeks to rebuild economy with defiant small businesses

Herbs and plants used by Victoriia Maslova and her mother Inna Skarzhynska, founders of plant-based cosmetics company Vesna, to make their skin and hair care products, are seen in this undated handout picture. Vesna is a Ukrainian word that means spring in English. Vesna/Handout via REUTERS

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Victoriia Maslova abandoned her herbal cosmetics factory in the Ukrainian town of Bucha on the first day of Russia's invasion of the country, fleeing to Poland with her mother and three younger brothers when rockets began hitting a nearby airport.

A month later, they were back in Ukraine, determined to keep manufacturing Maslova's plant-based cosmetics brand, Vesna.