KYIV, May 17 – The pre-war capitalization of the industrial assets of the SCM group, destroyed and damaged due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation, exceeded $20 billion, businessman Rinat Akhmetov said in an interview with the Italian RAI TV channel.

After the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022, such plants as Azovstal, Illich Steel Works, Avdiyivka Coke, Luhansk CHPP and dozens of other industrial infrastructure and green energy facilities were partially or completely destroyed or mothballed. The pre-war capitalization of these assets exceeded $20 billion," Akhmetov said, asked about the current financial assessment of the damage caused to the industrial infrastructures of the SCM group.