Ukraine salt supply Artemsil, Europe's largest salt supplier, is based in Ukraine on a Bessarabian salt deposit. In April they stopped production, and yesterday Russian missles/bombs destroyed their factory in Soledar. Ukraine is now going to have to import salt, as well as their regular customers, Hungary, Poland, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Romania. The total production in a year from Artemsil deposits is generally in the neighborhood of 2 million tonnes, which has effectively now been reduced to zero. The mine under Soledar alone was responsible for 95% of Ukraines salt supply.