Ukraine's richest man has pledged to help rebuild the besieged city of , a place close to his heart where he owns two vast steelworks that have been at the centre of heavy fighting with Russian forces in recent weeks.Rinat Akhmetov has seen his business empire shattered by eight years of fighting in Ukraine's east but remains defiant, sure that what he calls 'our brave soldiers' will defend the Sea of Azov city reduced to a wasteland by seven weeks of shelling.For now, though, his Metinvest company, Ukraine's biggest steelmaker, has announced it cannot deliver its supply contracts and while his financial and industrial SCM Group is servicing its debt obligations, his private power producer DTEK 'has optimised payment of its debts' in an agreement with creditors.
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