This is a digest of aid and assistance provided by our businesses to Ukraine
SCM is Ukraine’s largest investment group that has a global presence. Businessman and philanthropist Rinat Akhmetov is the sole owner and investor of SCM.
Since 24 February 2022, SCM businesses, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, and FC Shakhtar have already donated over UAH 5 billion to Ukraine and Ukrainian people. In particular, this amount includes humanitarian aid (food, medicines, essential items, evacuation, shelters, etc; creation of the biggest online archive of Ukrainian witness accounts of the war hostilities committed by Russia) as well as help to the defence of the country (clothes, protective gear, cars, drones, thermal imagers, fortifications, medkits, etc.). System Capital Management's companies, associates, and joint ventures paid UAH 73.2 billion in taxes and levies to the national and local budgets in 2022.
Aid for Mariupol defenders:
Rinat Akhmetov has allocated UAH 1 billion ($25m) to the Heart of Azovstal project. Its mission is to provide assistance to Mariupol defenders and their families. The money will be used to cover different needs — from providing medical and prosthetic treatment and psychological support to meeting specific requests.
DTEK
● DTEK power engineers do everything they can to restore electricity supply as quickly as possible following Russian terrorist attacks.
● DTEK donated UAH 800 million to support the Ukrainian Army and humanitarian efforts.
● DTEK Group and other energy companies of Ukraine urged the international business community to stop buying Russian energy resources and terminate any exports of components and technologies for fuel and energy industry to Russia. The company launched #StopBloodyEnergy project.
● Since the outbreak of the all-out war, DTEK has been supplying free electricity to more than a hundred medical and military facilities. This aid helped the public sector institutions save UAH 350 million.
● Ukrainian military have already received thousands of pieces of equipment and gear (first aid kits and emergency military tourniquets, two-way radios, drones, etc.), thousands of liters of fuel, and other assistance from DTEK.
● The company provided 200 vehicles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces that use them to protect civilians.
● As part of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front military initiative, DTEK Energy miners provide coal to keep Ukrainian defenders warm on the front line.
● As part of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front military initiative, DTEK started producing field stoves for the Ukrainian defenders. Hundreds of stoves are already in operation on the front line.
● DTEK Energy businesses produced about a hundred anti-tank hedgehogs to defend Ukrainian cities.
● Since the onset of the war, 860 DTEK Energy employees have become blood donors for the Armed Forces and war victims.
● DTEK Group companies help outfitting and furnishing shelters for the displaced and employees, provide their warehouses for humanitarian aid, and their dormitories as shelters. Shelters in localities where the company operates receive food, water, generators, and medicines from DTEK. DTEK Energy provided temporary or permanent accommodation to thousands of IDPs and their families.
● The company regularly delivers dozens of tonnes of humanitarian aid to the regions of operations, in particular to Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporizhia oblasts located near the front line. Their residents receive food, drinking water, medicines, electric generators, heaters, beddings, etc.
● DTEK evacuated more than 2,000 employees and their family members from the war zones. All evacuated employees receive the necessary transport, medical, and counselling support.
● The Company supplied medicines, food, hygiene products for three children's hospitals in Kyiv. It also purchased five state-of-the-art wound treatment systems for the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital.
● DTEK Energy provided almost 750 tonnes of coal to fuel evacuation trains of Ukrzaliznytsia, as well as for local communities and the army.
● DTEK Energy introduced radiation monitoring at its enterprises.
● DTEK Energy joined efforts with the Centre for Community Engagement operating in Burshtyn under the Local Economic Development Agency in Prykarpattia to launch Children's Smile project. The same project was launched in Ladyzhyn town, Vinnytsia Oblast.
● DTEK Group drivers helped evacuate Mariupol and Berdiansk residents.
● Jointly with Schneider Electric, DTEK delivered electrical equipment to the Eastern Ukraine to restore electricity supply and help residents of the frontline regions.
● Jointly with the UN, DTEK sent innovative water purification systems to Mykolaiv Oblast.
● DTEK Group handed over mine clearance drones.
● DTEK Renewables delivered 1,430 m2 of glazing to restore windows in residential buildings in Mykolaiv, which were damaged by the Russian shelling.
● DTEK built a solar power station for one of the military units in the Southern Ukraine.
● DTEK Energy in Dnipropetrovsk provides hundreds of cubic metres of firewood to Ukrzaliznytsia.
● DTEK Renewables provided two reinforced concrete shelters to Mykolaiv on the request of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration. Each shelter has a seating capacity of 15 and designed for temporary use as protection against the falling shrapnel or debris as well as the blast waves.
● DTEK Energy coal mining companies in Dnipro provided 530 m of metal pipes for the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia national rail operator.
● DTEK Energy provided 600 kg of metal to meet the needs of fire and rescue service in Dnipro.
● Due to joined efforts of DTEK and Hitachi Energy, Ukraine received 52 transformers to help it restore power supplies in the country.
● DTEK started importing electricity to Ukraine to reduce the deficit in the grid and cut the blackout time.
● DTEK handed over 15 powerful generators to Odessa critical infrastructure facilities that supply water and heating to the households.
Asset report as of 13 March: Luhansk TPP and Zaporizhia TPP are under Russian occupation. All other DTEK's thermal power plants now operate normally. Since October 2022, Russia has launched 29 missile attacks on the energy facilities and infrastructure of DTEK Energy, hitting all six TPPs of the company.
Despite Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, DTEK Renewables is completing the first phase (114 MW) of 500MW Tiligul wind farm.
Solar power plants of the company doubled electricity production in February 2023 - from 18.5 million kWh in January to 35.2 million kWh in February. This is enough to power over 200,000 households during a month. This effort helped address the electricity deficit in the country.
Rebuilding and restoration works as of 13 March: In early March, DTEK engineers brought electricity back to 36,000 families in 50 localities that were cut off from the grid after shelling in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Since the outbreak of the all-out war, they have restored power to 7 million families, repaired about 6,000 energy facilities damaged by hostilities. Over the past year, DTEK Energy generated 16.2 billion kWh, repaired 27 thermal power units, commissioned 30 new longwalls, and produced 384 units of equipment.
Metinvest
● In 2022, Metinvest paid UAH 20.5 billion in taxes and duties to the national and local budgets in Ukraine.
● Metinvest has donated UAH 3.1bn in aid for the country, including UAH 1.6+ billion for the needs of the army as part of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front initiative.
● Metinvest acts as an operating partner helping develop Mariupol Reborn rebuilding strategy.
● Metinvest provides comprehensive support across regions of operations. Metinvest prepared around 6,000 beds to accommodate the internally displaced people. The refugees receive the essentials such as drinking water, food, medicines, etc.
● Every month the company supplies thousands of bulletproof vests and helmets to Ukrainian defence forces, representatives of utility and social services in the front-line settlements, military correspondents, as well as conscripted employees. The company has already provided 25,000 high-protection helmets and 150,000 bulletproof vests.
● Metinvest produced more than 120 steel prefabricated shelters for dugouts that have been already delivered to the defenders, giving them high-level protection in the field. The capsules can withstand hits of 152 mm artillery shells.
● Ukrainian hospitals received more than UAH 130 million in aid as part of the Saving Lives project launched by Metinvest in concert with the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation. This much-needed aid goes to Zaporizhia, Krivyi Rih, Avdiivka, Myrnohrad, Kamianske, Pokrovsk, and other localities.
● Metinvest purchased 1,600 thermal imagers, dozens of thousands of emergency military tourniquets and first-aid kits.
● The company handed over 270 generators and multi-charging stations to Ukrainian intelligence officers and border guards.
● Metinvest has produced about 5,000 field stoves for the military and civilians in the front-line areas.
● The company's businesses handed over 312 vehicles of different types to Ukrainian defenders.
● Metinvest provided 1,200 drones to the military.
● In addition, the company donated 1 million tonnes of fuel for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● Over 80,000 anti-tank hedgehogs and dozens of thousands of spike strips made of Metinvest's steel have been delivered so far.
● Metinvest Group joined efforts with AV Metal Group and ZRN Plant of Platform Gratings to produce HESCO bastions for the territorial defenders and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● The company made available thousands of jobs for IDPs in Zaporizhia, Kryvyi Rih, Kamianske, and Pokrovsk.Since February 2022, the company has employed over 6,200 people, including 1,600 from Mariupol and Avdiivka.
● Within two weeks, twenty volunteer drivers of Pokrovskvuhillia, Metinvest Group, used 15 company buses to take out at least a thousand Mariupol residents, including 120 children from local orphanage, who were able to get to Berdiansk on their own.
● Metinvest Group launched a rehabilitation and reintegration centre for IDPs in Zaporizhia.
● Metinvest supported a specialised site set up to repair military motor vehicles in Zaporizhia.
● Medical goods are also delivered to hospitals in Zaporizhia, Kryvyi Rih, Kamianske, Pokrovsk, and Avdiivka under an individual programme run by Metinvest and the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation. The total assistance to medical professional exceeds UAH 175 million under two projects.
● Ukrtransgaz and Metinvest produce field stoves, IED grappling hooks, and fire extinguishers for our defenders. Steelmakers have already provided over 6 tonnes of metal products that will be used by Ukrtransgaz facilities to produce about 5,000 items.
● Metinvest's Pokrovskvuhillia and engineers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine help build fortification structures in the fields of Donetsk Oblast.
● The company runs several corporate IDP support initiatives: the Home for Friends programme, the relocation allowance, and settling-in allowance payments. There are also programmes for those who want undergo retraining and continue to work within the Group.
● Metinvest-SMC provided more than 500 tonnes of steel plates to Lviv Defence Cluster that were used to produce bulletproof vests for Ukrainian defenders. As a result of this cooperation, 80,000 soldiers and specialists in the war zone have protective gear.
● Metinvest Group joined efforts with the United24 fundraising platform to create a limited series of bracelets (100,000) made from the last pre-war batch of metal produced by the legendary Mariupol-based Azovstal as part of the Symbol of Invincibility. Azovstal initiative. All the proceeds from the sale of the bracelets - UAH 94 million - were used to finance the Army of Drones project and the Shahed Catcher Counter-Drone system.
● On the request of Zaporizhia defenders, Zaporizhstal financed the production of over 1,000 winter uniforms.
● Metinvest Group developed and started producing a new type of protection for Ukrainian defenders: armoured shields that can protect machine gunners and operators of large calibre weapons from small arms ammunition, shrapnel, and debris.
● Kametstal repaired a powerful generator for a hospital in Kamianske.
● Kherson received 50,000 litres of drinking water as part of the Saving Lives project.
● Metinvest helps implement a programme for the post-war rehabilitation of civilians, the Unbreakable Mom..
● Metinvest handed over sets of warm clothing worth UAH 12 million to all its mobilised employees (7,000+ people).
● As part of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front, Metinvest allocated UAH 6.2 million to the PULSE charity foundation that provides tactical medicine training for the military.
● Metinvest and Rinat Akhmetov Foundation provided diesel generators to Pokrovsk community to ensure smooth operation of local boiler houses during the blackouts. In total, Metinvest sourced 11 generators to the cities of its presence and outfitted Points of Invincibility, where electricity, heating and broadband are always available.
● The company handed over dozens of tripods for mortars to the Bakhmut defenders.
● Metinvest delivered dozens of high-performance generators to Ukrainian defenders on the front line.
● Ingulets GOK supported construction of a dam across the Ingulets River in Andriivka village, Dnipropetrovsk region. The dam replaced a concrete bridge that was disabled earlier for security reasons.
● Kametstal specialists have already produced 20,000 construction staples for dugouts.
Asset report as of 13 March: Mariupol-based Azovstal and Illich Iron and Steel Works are under Russian occupation. Avdiivka Coke is cold mothballed. Zaporizhia Foundry and Mechanical Plant, Zaporizhstal, Zaporizhia Coke Plant, and Zaporizhvohnetryv have partially resumed production. Ore mining and processing plants have suspended or curtailed ore production. Pokrovskvuhillia coal mining group is currently operating at about 80% of its pre-war capacity. Other companies of the Group operate as usual.
Ukrtelecom
● Ukrtelecom's repair crews work every day to repair damaged telecom infrastructure wherever it is possible, including newly liberated and frontline areas.
● In 2022, the company paid over UAH 1.12 billion in taxes and duties to the national and local budgets.
● Ukrtelecom provided 179 motor vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● The company donated more than UAH 50 million to help the country and its defenders. The company sourced almost 3,000 first-aid kits, 4,000 emergency tourniquets, 2,000 bleed stop bandages, 50 tactical stretchers, over 180 two-way radios, and 23 generators.
● As part of the Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front military initiative, Ukrtelecom has ordered Valkyrie stealthy UAVs and already handed over six to the military.
● As part of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front, the company handed over the Leleka stealth drones to the Ukrainian army.
● At the beginning of the military aggression, Ukrtelecom received 150 satellite phones from partners. As the situation has stabilised, the company decided to pass most of them on to Ukrainian defenders.
● Ukrtelecom arranges shelters for employees and their families in eight cities: Kropyvnytskyi, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Uzhhorod, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Yaremche, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
● Ukrtelecom cooperates with the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation to provide around 5,000 sq m of its property for social needs: temporary accommodation of employees and their families displaced due to the war, premises for volunteer activities, storage of humanitarian cargoes, etc.
● Ukrtelecom joined a Wi-Fi in Shelters nationwide initiative to provide free Internet access in the shelters at schools connected to the company's network. Hundreds of school shelters have access to Internet now.
● Ukrainians can access Wi-Fi and recharge their gadgets at Ukrtelecom Customer Support Centres across the country.
● Ukrtelecom provides free Wi-Fi to the population even amid temporary power outages in Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odessa and Kharkiv. The company uses own switch gears: Addresses of switch gears: https://bit.ly/3mPVRmw
● Ukrtelecom installs electricity generators on its sites to maintain the services in case of power outages caused by Russian attacks. About 60% of Ukrtelecom's subscribers already enjoy Internet connectivity, which is independent of rolling or emergency electricity blackouts. Subscribers can find out whether the Internet is available during a power outage in a specific location on the company's website at https://internet.ukrtelecom.ua.
Asset report as of 13 March: Ukrtelecom's critical infrastructure and national transport network are operational. Internet services are available in 87% of Ukrainian localities covered by the operator's network. The services are available in all regions, except temporarily occupied areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts.
Rebuilding and restoration works as of 13 March: Ukrtelecom continues efforts to restart the telecoms services after enemy shelling that caused power outages. The company's specialists work daily to reconnect liberated areas in Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donetsk oblasts. They restarted a major networking equipment site in Kherson. Overall, since the start of the full-scale war Ukrtelecom has restored electricity to over 350,000 properties in 1,200 settlements and rebuilt over 130 km of destroyed power lines.
FUIB
● Since the onset of the war, the bank has paid over UAH 1.5 billion to the national budget.
● Also, since 24 February 2022 the bank has provided UAH 5.6 in loans to help rebuild the country's agriculture.
● FUIB donated over UAH 81 million in aid to support the Defence Forces of Ukraine. The funds were used to buy bulletproof vests, helmets, gas masks, thermal imagers, tactical backpacks and gloves, drones, vehicles and fuel, medicines, and food. The bank handed over 40% of its armoured vehicles to Ukrainian special forces.
● FUIB initiated a We Are of One Blood project: FUIB transfers 50% of the value of every order of merchandise to DonorUA and Blood Agents NGOs to meet the needs for donor blood, deliver blood components to hot spots, and purchase tactical medicines for Ukrainian soldiers. In total, the initiative has raised nearly UAH 3.1 million for the cause.
● FUIB channelled UAH 100 million to help its employees, in particular those endangered, hard up or in dire straits due to loss of housing. The bank pays extras to staff members working in unsafe areas, and supports their families that have left the occupied territories.
● FUIB retains jobs and salaries of its conscripted employees and donated UAH 2 million to buy the body armour, clothes, special equipment, etc. for them.
● At its Resilience Event with business clients, the bank held a charity auction, having raised UAH 1.4 million that were later distributed between the We Will Win Foundation and Blood Agents and DonorUA NGOs. They will use the funds to equip pickup trucks with mobile stations for radio-electronic warfare against missiles and drones, deliver 8 vital supplies of blood to hot spots and buy 215 tactical medicine kits: including bleed stop bandages and Israeli bandages.
● FUIB donated UAH 200,000 to the Charity Foundation of Serhiy Prytula and COMFY retailer of technology products to buy 15 Valkyrie stealthy drones.
● FUIB donated UAH 1 million to the Charity Foundation of Serhiy Prytula to buy Spartan armoured personnel carriers for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
● FUIB tied up with the Charity Foundation of Serhiy Prytula to raise UAH 6 million to source surgical equipment for a military hospital near the front line in the Southern Ukraine. The fund raising event was a success. The bank's contribution is nearly UAH 3.7 million.
● FUIB and FC Shakhtar presented a collection of merchandise products as part of Lifesaving Merch project implemented by the bank. FUIB transfers 50% of the value of every order of merchandise to DonorUA and Blood Agents NGOs to deliver blood components and buy haemostatic agents, tactical medicines for Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in hot spots.
● When the war broke out, FUIB offered a service of quick fee-free transfer of any amount in support of Ukrainian soldiers through the PUMB Online mobile application, the PayHub payment platform, and cash desks of operating outlets. The bank partners with many charity foundations providing for Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers and has helped Ukrainians transfer several hundreds of millions of hryvnias.
● The bank properly equipped some of its operating outlets where people can access a full gamut of services, recharge phones, connect to WiFi, and get warm in case of a blackout. A list of operating outlets is available at: bit.ly/3B5nEnlThe information is constantly updated.
● FUIB joined the National Bank's Power Banking initiative to create a network of bank branches that will be open in case of a total blackout.
Asset report as of 13 March: The bank outlets operate in almost all regions of Ukraine. To see the list of operating bank outlets and ATMs, please visit the bank's website.
Lemtrans
● Since the start of the war the company has sourced UAH 27 million in aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and on humanitarian assistance.
● In 2022, Lemtrans invested over UAH 300 million in Ukraine.
● In 2022, Lemtrans paid UAH 1.3 billion to the budgets of all levels.
● Since the start of the war the company has sourced UAH 27 million in aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and on humanitarian assistance.
● Levada Cargo joined efforts with other companies and EBA to establish humanitarian supply chains from Europe to Ukraine, having already delivered thousands tonnes of humanitarian aid to war victims.
● In 2022, despite the war, Lemtrans and its partner completed construction of a terminal in Mostyska. The terminal will allow Ukraine to increase the capacity of Mostyska 2 - Medyka route, getting more export and import freight by rail.
● Lemtrans allocated nearly UAH 600,000 to shore up freight rates to move humanitarian aid.
● The company handed over 200 bulletproof vests to Ukrainian defenders.
● In spring 2022, it supplied food packages, canned food, and medicines to Popasna town.
● The company helps deliver food and other humanitarian aid convoys to Ukrainian settlements.
● Lemtrans supplies to the Territorial Defence Forces fuel and lubricants as well anti-tank hedgehogs and materials to arrange roadblocks and checkpoints.
● Lemtrans and its partners purchased and handed over nine off-road vehicles to the front line.
● Lemtrans and Shakhtar Social opened a Come On, Let's Play! pitch in Brody. The displaced children who had to flee their homes because of the war play football here together with local kids.
● Lemtrans started production of field stoves for the military on the front lines. The defenders of Ukraine have already received dozens of them.
● Lemtrans purchased DJL Mavic drone as well as EcoFlow power station for the defenders fighting in the eastern part of Ukraine.
TSUM
● The department store provided 150 warm clothing items to the Territorial Defence Forces in Kyiv.
● The department store urged the international partners to stop working with Russia and help Ukraine.
● Information support of brands that help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Together with the Ivan Gonchar Museum, TSUM produced a collection of charity promotional items. The money raised from sales will be spent to preserve the Museum's collection and restore Ukraine (a charitable arm of UNITED 24 national fundraising platform).
HARVEAST HOLDING
● The company helps with subsidised bread and milk deliveries in the regions of its operations.
● Harveast Holding supplies food to the troops.
● Alongside other agricultural businesses of Ukraine, HarvEast Holding urges the world's biggest grain traders to stop buying grains and food supplies from Russia.
● The company sourced 4.5 tonnes of diesel fuel, 6 vehicles, and 1 drone for the Ukrainian troops.
● The Company channels money to procure fuel, special vehicles, and armour for the troops.
● Harveast Holding is going to sell a part of the print run of its X-TRACT book published to mark its 10th anniversary. All funds raised from sales are spent to provide further assistance to the military unit that defends Donetsk Oblast from Russian invaders.
UMG Investments
● The Company's procurement and logistics experts collect requests from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Territorial Defence fighters and volunteers, and search for the necessary supplies and raise funds. Together with its partners, the Company purchased and handed over to Ukrainian defenders hundreds of equipment units and overalls – body armour, helmets, thermal imagers, walkie-talkies, satellite phones, sleeping bags, thermal underwear and footwear.
● Vesco buses helped evacuate civilians from Mariupol.
● UMG Investments joined Global Business for Ukraine - the association of international and global companies, of people who want to support Ukraine, its businesses and its economy.
● UMG Investments joined Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce.This is a member-driven business association with a mandate to promote trade and investment opportunities among members in Canada and Ukraine, and foster cooperation between Canadian and Ukrainian public and private stakeholders.
FC Shakhtar
● In 2022, FC Shakhtar paid UAH 213.7 million to the national budget of Ukraine.
● FC Shakhtar President Rinat Akhmetov decided to channel UAH 60 million to support clubs and children's football projects.
● The club raised UAH 44 million in donations for Ukraine as part of its Shakhtar Global Tour for Peace matches. The funds raised are used to buy everything required for Ukrainian defenders, civilians, and children affected by the war.
● In response to a request from the club's representatives, the European Club Association (ECA) donated €1 million to Ukraine.
● The club deployed a support centre for the internally displaced people at Arena Lviv. Since the outbreak of the war, Shelter Centre has already accepted 1,100 IDPs from various regions. Over 200 of IDPs, mostly families with children, live here permanently.
● As part of the charity project, Shakhtar Social Foundation, jointly with the European Football for Development Network and Fundacja Legii social foundation, launched a campaign in support of Ukraine and its residents. Thirteen European clubs have already joined the initiative. Two batches of humanitarian cargo weighing over 14 tonnes have already been delivered to Arena Lviv for IDPs from different Ukrainian regions.
● FC Shakhtar provides regular assistance to Ukrainian defenders. The Defence Forces of Ukraine have already received 750 helmets, 1,500 first aid kits, as well as clothes worth over UAH 1 million in total. The aid includes dozens of thousands of humanitarian goods - from sleeping accessories (mattresses, blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, sleeping mats) to chainsaws, gas cylinders, travel first aid kits, hygiene products, stoves, etc., as well as dozens of tonnes of food products, drinking water, etc.
● Shakhtar provides humanitarian assistance to IDPs and other vulnerable groups throughout Ukraine. The aid includes beddings, electrical appliances, household products, baby food and diapers, drinking water, and personal hygiene items. In particular, the aid reached areas in Lviv, Kyiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, etc.
● FC Shakhtar helped organise treatment of Azovstal defender Mykhailo Dianov in the United States and covered all hospital costs. The marine was wounded in March 2022 while defending Mariupol. His right hand will regain full function after the rehabilitation.
● Shakhtar helped with the treatment of Yevhen Larchenko, a seriously wounded Ukrainian soldier, in Israel. The serviceman received injuries to his both jaws from a mine fragment. He is now preparing for surgery.
● FC Shakhtar's buses helped take IDPs to accommodations in Lviv Oblast.
● Shakhtar Social Foundation's project Come On, Let's Play! runs in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts, in particular, at Arena Lviv. The initiative enables kids to train and play football for free. Activities take place in 8 localities and welcome both regular participants and children displaced from Mariupol, Kurakhove, Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast.
● FC Shakhtar and United24 platform launched Pitch In For Ukraine fundraising programme to help Ukrainian people.
● The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and FC Shakhtar signed the Memorandum of Cooperation. The goal is to support the Ukrainian people in their fight against the Russian aggressor and help them manage the impact of the war through UNITED24 national platform.
● FC Shakhtar and Setanta Sports Ukraine raised UAH 600,000 during Shakhtar vs Dynamo game to donate to the repairs of a stadium in Irpin.
● FC Shakhtar supported the initiative launched by United24 fundraising platform and its ambassador Andrii Shevchenko to collect funds for the reconstruction of the Champion stadium in Irpin. The club allocated €100,000 to implement the project, and called on the international football community for support.
● FC Shakhtar and the European Football for Development Network launched European Football Powers Up Ukraine, a campaign to collect power generators for Ukrainian residents. The goal is to collect at least 160 power generators for Ukraine, i.e. one from each EFDN member club. Dozens of generators have already arrived in Ukraine, going to Bakhmut, Kherson, Lviv, front-line areas in Kharkiv Oblast, as well as to Vuhledar.
● FC Shakhtar and FUIB presented a collection of merchandise products as part of Lifesaving Merch project implemented by the bank. FUIB transfers 50% of proceeds from the sale of merchandise to DonorUA and Blood Agents CSOs.
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