How Ukraine’s Postal Service Stayed Operational in War | Decoding Cross-Border Ecommerce | Ep #72

About this episode

Clint Reid interviews Igor Smelyansky about the challenges and innovations of leading Ukraine's postal service during wartime.

This episode of the Decoding Cross-Border Ecommerce podcast is one you won’t forget. Clint Reid, Founder and CEO of Zonos, sits down with Igor Smelyansky, CEO of Ukrposhta (Ukraine Post), to talk about leading a national postal service during an active war—and still growing exports, launching banks and pharmacies, and maintaining ecommerce lifelines across borders. Igor shares how his U.S. legal and business background helped Ukraine Post become the first to deliver under new U.S. de minimis...

People in this episode

Host: Clint Reid

Guest: Igor Smelyansky

Topics covered

• postal service
• war impact
• ecommerce
• exports
• banking
• pharmacies

Keywords

• Ukraine Post
• Ukrposhta
• Clint Reid
• Igor Smelyansky
• ecommerce
• war
• exports
• banking
• pharmacies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ukrposhta, Zonos

Places: Ukraine, U.S.

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