KYIV, Jan 26 – Rising food prices are recorded in Ukraine, including the cost of a standard set of vegetables for cooking borscht, a Ukrainian beet soup, in January 2022 more than doubled the figure for January last year, according to a Tuesday posting on the website of the national scientific center Institute of Agrarian Economics (IAE).

In addition, by the beginning of January, the average cost of white cabbage grew by 54% compared to October 2021, to UAH 12.09 per kg, onions – by 26%, also up to UAH 12.09 per kg, carrots – by 11%, to 9.98 UAH per kg, potatoes – by 1%, to UAH 8.76 per kg.