Tag: Mariupol

A New Broom in State Reconstruction

Vadim Boychenko, State Reconstruction, Metinvest, Mariupol

Two sources have already reported that Vadym Boychenko is currently the leading candidate for the State Reconstruction Award. He is the mayor of Mariupol, a member of Rinat Akhmetov's team, writes Yuriy Nikolov in his blog on the website "Nashi Groshi." Let me say right away that I have no negative feelings toward Boychenko regarding his actions.

From Mariupol to Kharkiv. Who is General Drapatiy, the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces?

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatiy

43-year-old Lieutenant General Mykhailo Drapatiy first became famous 12 years ago, on May 9, 2014, thanks to a video showing an infantry fighting vehicle under his command breaking through separatist barricades in Mariupol. At the time, he commanded a battalion of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade. Drapatiy, Mykhailo Vasilievich, was born November 21, 1982, in Kamianets-Podilskyi (Khmelnytsky Oblast).

Patriot of Ukraine or enemy collaborator? MP Zheleznyak's family may be doing business in occupied Mariupol.

Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Voice party

A truth-teller of Ukrainian parliamentarianism or the heir to a lucrative business with Russian roots? Questions about Yaroslav Zheleznyak. Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a member of parliament from the Golos party who maintains social media under the pseudonym "Iron People's Deputy," publishes behind-the-scenes inside information almost daily, criticizes regulatory and law enforcement agencies for their allegedly poor performance,…

City of the Lion or of Mary?: Andriy Sadovyi is turning Lviv into Akhmetov's new base.

An urban forum is underway in Lviv. One of the panels will discuss the revival and development plan for Mariupol after the occupation. Earlier, the mayors of the two cities signed a declaration of solidarity for the restoration of the city on the Sea of ​​Azov, destroyed by the occupiers. Lviv has also become a refuge for many displaced persons and businesses from Mariupol. However, there is one "but": Western...

Rinat Akhmetov's Metinvest has appointed its puppet as deputy head of Zaporizhzhia.

Rinat Akhmetov, oligarch, DTEK

On December 7, Stepan Makhsma, head of the Mariupol District Council, was appointed deputy mayor of Zaporizhzhia, according to Ukrrudprom. The assignment of responsibilities has not yet been finalized, so it is unknown what area of ​​work the former Mariupol official will be leading. He hails from the village of Sartana. He headed the village council there for many years, until 2015…

2016: How Akhmetov and Yanukovych divided Mariupol

The New York Times published a major investigation into the role events in Ukraine played in Donald Trump's short presidential career. One of the main stories in the article explores the attempt to transfer the metallurgical capital of the Donbas region to the control of the fugitive Ukrainian ex-president.

Rinat Akhmetov has come up with a way to financially support Mariupol's pocket officials.

Rinat Akhmetov, oligarch, DTEK

On September 7, SCM signed a memorandum with the Mariupol City Council to establish a project office and launch a project to develop a vision, mission, manifesto, and, ultimately, a plan for the revitalization of Mariupol. According to the company's press release, SCM will serve as the general partner of the project, and Metinvest will serve as the operating partner, Ukrrudprom reports.…

MPs are discriminating against an entire industry and hindering industrial recovery, says expert

Ukraine to extend martial law for three months: What will change in the country?

Members of Parliament have introduced amendments to Bill No. 5688 on industrial parks (IPs) that discriminate against Ukraine's metallurgical enterprises and will hinder their recovery. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing Oleksandr Kalenkov, President of the Ukrmetallurgprom public association, on Facebook. Overall, the expert considers the IP bill to be correct…

A new stage of evacuation from Mariupol will take place today.

As of April 11, 9 humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon.

Evacuations will resume from Mariupol on the morning of May 4, where local residents are surviving in catastrophic conditions—without food, water, or electricity. Mariupol mayoral advisor Petro Andryushchenko announced this on his Telegram channel, according to Apostrophe. "Evacuation. With the support of the UN and the Red Cross, the evacuation of civilians to Zaporizhia was approved today," he wrote.