Mariupol accounted for a third of all steel production in Ukraine.
Ukraine has lost 30-40% of its metallurgical capacity due to the Russian-Ukrainian war. This was announced in an interview with Ukraine 24 TV channel by the general director of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical holding Yuri Ryzhenkov. According to him, Mariupol accounts for a third of all steel production in Ukraine.
“That is, Ukraine has lost about 30-40% of its metallurgical capacity to date … I have no doubt that their work will be restored, but for this the city must remain Ukrainian,” he added.
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Earlier it was reported that the public organization counted the number of destroyed civil infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. By shelling civilian buildings, the Russian occupiers are violating the Geneva Conventions.
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