All SCM enterprises are now working for the victory of Ukraine, including on the economic front, the owner of the company Rinat Akhmetov said in an interview with the Swiss edition Bilan.
“Wherever possible, we work for the needs of the front – we help the Ukrainian army and the terror defense forces. Our metallurgical plants produce anti-tank hedgehogs, modular shelters for dugouts, we have already produced and handed over 150 thousand body armor vests to our soldiers for free. Our power engineers heroically every day return light to the houses left without electricity due to constant shelling. We are all working for Ukraine’s victory, including on the economic front,” Akhmetov said.
According to him, the situation in the Ukrainian economy due to the war is extremely difficult, but businesses continue to work, preserving jobs and budget revenues.
“The situation in business now is very difficult – as in the entire Ukrainian economy. All of our enterprises have gone to work in military mode since the first day of the war. Because today our main goal is to help Ukrainians to survive and endure”, – stressed the owner of SCM.
Only for 9 months of 2022 SCM sent to the budget more than 60 billion UAH in taxes and fees.
“For us, SCM, the war began in 2014. Both in Crimea and in the temporarily occupied part of Donbass, we lost all assets. We lost businesses, but it hardened us and made us stronger. We have a very strong team where managers think not only about business, but also about people. I am convinced that we will win this war and come out of it stronger,” summed up Rinat Akhmetov.
As reported, Akhmetov’s businesses from the first days of the war were transferred to the military mode of operation, providing the Armed Forces and defense forces with armor, bulletproof vests and engineering structures made of steel.
Also Akhmetov’s businesses under his Steel Front initiative purchase drones, thermal imagers, radios and other equipment for the needs of the military. Since the start of the war, Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation, his businesses and FC Shakhtar have donated UAH 3.5 billion in support and humanitarian aid to the armed forces.
