As businessman Rinat Akhmetov said in an interview with the Italian TV channel RAI, after a large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the Azovstal plants, the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after. Ilyich, Avdiyivka Coke Plant, Lugansk CHPP and dozens of other industrial infrastructure and green energy facilities were partially or completely destroyed or mothballed. Information about enterprises destroyed by Russian troops in Ukraine is available at the link.
According to him, the pre-war capitalization of two plants - Azovstal and MMK im. Ilyich” amounted to about $10 billion. In addition, the enterprises had raw materials and finished products worth $1 billion.
As for the pre-war capitalization of the assets of Rinat Akhmetov's SCM group, which are currently destroyed, damaged or mothballed due to Russia's military aggression, it exceeded $20 billion. SCM's asset portfolio includes Metinvest, DTEK, PUMB, Ukrtelecom, UMG Investments, Media Group Ukraine , Lemtrans, ESTA, HarvEast, ASKA and other companies. Riant Akhmetov himself is the richest citizen of Ukraine, his fortune in 2021 was estimated by Forbes at $7.6 billion, and Novoye Vremya and Dragon Capital at $11.5 billion.
Rinat Akhmetov said that SCM will certainly file claims against the Russian Federation demanding compensation for all losses caused as a result of Russian military aggression.
He also stressed that Mariupol can only be restored under Ukrainian control, and no SCM business will ever operate under Russian control.
In turn, Denis Pushilin, a protege of the occupation authorities of Russia in the Donetsk region, said that they plan to demolish the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, and organize a green zone or technopark in its place, and the Ilyich Mariupol Iron and Steel Works will be restored.
PS. The total area of Azovstal is 1,100 hectares! - for comparison, this is almost twice the area of the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, where 12.5 thousand people live. Delusional fanatics of half-wits, there is nothing more to say!
