Ukraine’s key IT sector booming despite Russian invasion

Employees work in the ‘IT Cluster Lviv’ at the Start-up Depot building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on May 12, 2022. The ‘start-up depot building’ in Lviv has a false air of Silicon Valley with its young employees who, computers on their knees, work in deck chairs in the middle of the garden. — AFP

LVIV, Ukraine: Ukraine’s IT sector is booming despite the Russian invasion. Workers with stickers on their laptops recline on beach chairs outside a warehouse for startups in the west Ukraine city of Lviv giving off major Silicon Valley vibes.

But the atmosphere inside is different.