BBC reported that according to Metinvest Russia is looting USD 600 million worth of steel from plants and ports in Ukraine. Metinvest CEO Mr Yuriy Ryzhenkov told BBC “Steel is being transferred to Russia and sold in internal markets or to countries in Africa and Asia. What they're doing is basically looting. They're stealing not only our products, but also some of those products already belong to the European & UK customers. So basically, they're not only stealing from us, they're stealing from the Europeans as well.”He said the company is documenting as much of the theft as possible and is preparing to take future legal action. He told "At some point in time, the Russians will be facing not only the international courts, but also the criminal courts. And we will be going after them with anything we have.”Mr Ryzhenkov also said 300 employees and 200 employees' relatives were killed in the assault on the Azovstal plant, which together with its sister plant Ilyich accounted for 40% of all Ukraine steel production.Although the Azovstal plant was virtually destroyed in the Russian siege, he said he is confident the day would come when it would be a Ukrainian-owned facility again. He told “I'm positive. The way I see it Russia has already lost this war and it's just a matter of time when they realise it. The Russians don't need Mariupol, they don't need Donbas. They either need all of Ukraine or nothing, which means that even if they stop now, Ukraine will take it back. It's just a matter of time.”
BBC reported that according to Metinvest Russia is looting USD 600 million worth of steel from plants and ports in Ukraine. Metinvest CEO Mr Yuriy Ryzhenkov told BBC “Steel is being transferred to Russia and sold in internal markets or to countries in Africa and Asia. What they're doing is basically looting. They're stealing not only our products, but also some of those products already belong to the European & UK customers. So basically, they're not only stealing from us, they're stealing from the Europeans as well.”He said the company is documenting as much of the theft as possible and is preparing to take future legal action. He told "At some point in time, the Russians will be facing not only the international courts, but also the criminal courts. And we will be going after them with anything we have.”Mr Ryzhenkov also said 300 employees and 200 employees' relatives were killed in the assault on the Azovstal plant, which together with its sister plant Ilyich accounted for 40% of all Ukraine steel production.Although the Azovstal plant was virtually destroyed in the Russian siege, he said he is confident the day would come when it would be a Ukrainian-owned facility again. He told “I'm positive. The way I see it Russia has already lost this war and it's just a matter of time when they realise it. The Russians don't need Mariupol, they don't need Donbas. They either need all of Ukraine or nothing, which means that even if they stop now, Ukraine will take it back. It's just a matter of time.”
