In an interview, Ukraine's wealthiest billionaire, Rinat Akhmetov, vowed to help rebuild the encircled city of Mariupol. The city is the base of his mining and steel company.
. Akhmetov’s net worth has dropped from about $15.3 billion in 2013, prior to the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.“For us, the war broke out in 2014. We lost all of our assets both in Crimea and in the temporarily occupied territory of Donbas.
We lost our businesses, but it made us tougher and stronger,” Akhmetov told Reuters. “I trust that we all will rebuild a free, European, democratic, and successful Ukraine after our victory in this war.”Mariupol, a port city of about 400,000 near the Sea of Azov, has been laid waste by Russian bombardment in a siege that has lasted weeks. Russian forces
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