KYIV, May 16 – The restaurant market in Kyiv has halved, since the beginning of the war at least a third of establishments have been closed, Olha Nasonova, the co-founder of the National Restaurant Association of Ukraine, told Interfax-Ukraine.

At best, half of the 500,000 active consumers of restaurant services have remained. This means that half of the market simply does not have its own audience, it does not exist now physically. Restaurant Kyiv today is a city of harsh contrasts. A dead desert with closed doors of cafes and restaurants is enlivened by oases of crowded establishments. At least a third of Kyiv restaurants are closed. It is not known when they will open," Nasonova said.