Many German companies operating in Ukraine are implementing a combination of measures to help their employees, including temporary site closures, the creation of internal task forces to keep abreast of how the conflict develops, emergency accommodation, evacuation programs, and financial aid paid to employees. More than 2,000 German companies in total are located in Ukraine, employing almost 50,000 people.
According to the Eastern Committee for the German Economy (Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft), an organization that has been supporting German companies in Eastern Europe since 1952, Germany and Ukraine enjoy close economic relations. More than 2,000 German companies or companies with German financial backing are operating in Ukraine. They employ a total of around 50,000 Ukrainian workers. These include large companies in the agricultural sector as well as numerous small and medium-sized companies in the automotive industry.
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