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EXPLAINED: Rinat akhmetov - The Real Truth

‘I was five seconds from death’: Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man, on owning Shakhtar and resisting Russia

In a rare interview, Rinat Akhmetov talks to Nick Ames about football, his ownership of the Azovstal steelworks and why he is optimistic about the future

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian Skeleton Racer Who Was DQ'd Over Helmet Reportedly Gets $200K Gift

Vladyslav Heraskevych had his Olympics come to a controversial end last week.

Sports Illustrated

Ukraine skeleton racer gifted $200,000 by Shakhtar Donetsk owner after Winter Olympics ban

The amount is equivalent to the prize given to the nation’s Olympic gold medallists

The Independent UK

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Rinat Akhmetov: participation in the restoration of Mariupol

The Mariupol.Reborn project, launched with the participation of Rinat Akhmetov, has become an important step in planning the restoration of the city after de-occupation.

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Security guarantees vital if Ukraine is to rebuild economy, says steel CEO

Metinvest boss says there is a high degree of uncertainty over Trump’s plan to negotiate with Russia

The Guardian - UK

The new underground hospital saving lives near the frontline in eastern Ukraine

Defence minister Rustem Umerov says the facility will provide critical first aid quickly to wounded troops

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Todd Boehly greenlights Football for Ukraine to play an American-style all-star match at Chelsea

Exclusive: Blues to host game in summer after talks

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‘Victory for Ukraine’: Shakhtar Donetsk into Europa League last 16

Exiled from Donetsk and after an exodus of star players, team pulls off stunning Rennes win on anniversary of warLive coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war

The Guardian - AU

Mykhaylo Mudryk's Chelsea contract clause emerges after Blues beat Arsenal to transfer

Mykhaylo Mudryk's Chelsea contract will see the Blues travel to play Shakhtar Donetsk in a friendly at Donbass Arena, as the Ukrainian club look to return to their home

Daily Mirror

Shakhtar would not have sold Mykhailo Mudryk to Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea

The Russian was forced to sell the Blues last May after being sanctioned by the UK government for his ties to president Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

Shakhtar chief ‘not sure’ Mudryk would be sold to Chelsea under Abramovich

Sergei Palkin called the transfer “symbolic” and doubted whether his club could have negotiated with Chelsea were they still being run by the Russian.

The Independent UK

UK confirms it will send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine and pressures Germany to increase support – as it happened

UK defence secretary says west is accelerating efforts to support Ukraine but urges Germany to permit supply of Leopard tanks

The Guardian - AU

Shakhtar chief gives £20.5m of Mudryk fee to Ukrainian soldiers and families

The Shakhtar Donetsk president, Rinat Akhmetov, has donated £20.5m of Mykhaylo Mudryk’s Chelsea transfer fee to the Ukrainian war effort

The Guardian - UK

Soccer-Shakhtar Donetsk to allocate $25 million for aid in Ukraine

Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk will allocate $25 million to aid soldiers and their families, president Rinat Akhmetov said on Monday, a day after receiving a record transfer fee for winger Mykhailo Mudryk from Premier League club Chelsea.

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Evening Standard

How Chelsea ‘outflanked’ Arsenal to sign Mykhaylo Mudryk from under their noses

The inside story on an explosive end to the January transfer saga

Evening Standard

Chelsea willing to play Shakhtar in war-torn Donbass as part of £89m deal to sign Mykhaylo Mudryk

Chelsea will travel to Donetsk when the Ukrainian club is safe to return home after Russia’s invasion

The Independent UK

Mykhailo Mudryk: Shakhtar to donate £20m of Chelsea transfer fee to Ukrainian soldiers

The 22-year-old forward joined Chelsea for £88m on Sunday

Football London

Shakhtar Donetsk chief reveals Chelsea friendly plan following Mykhailo Mudryk transfer

Chelsea had a whirlwind weekend to secure the services of Mykhailo Mudryk with a deal eventually being confirmed during the Blues' win over Crystal Palace

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Daily Mirror

Shakhtar chief donates huge sum to Ukraine war effort after £87m Mykhaylo Mudryk transfer

Shakhtar Donetsk held out in negotiations to extract the biggest possible transfer fee for Mykhaylo Mudryk - and the club's owner has donated to the war against Russia

Football London

Shakhtar make major Mykhaylo Mudryk Chelsea transfer announcement with agreement 'very close'

Chelsea are now very close to an agreement for the transfer of Mykhaylo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk with the deal now very close to being completed

Al Jazeera

As fighting continues, a Mariupol survivor rebuilds life in Kyiv

Ulvi Zulfili fled one war as a child and found a new home in Ukraine, only to have to flee again – and barely survive.

The Guardian - UK

How the war has robbed Ukraine’s oligarchs of political influence

Five months since Russia’s invasion started, Ukraine’s wealthiest people have gone quiet – but will it stay like this for long?

Reuters

Ukraine's richest man announces his holding's exit from media business

Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, said on Monday his investment company would exit its media business to comply with legislation passed last year aimed at curbing the influence of "oligarchs".

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv slams Russian citizenship decree

Ukraine news from July 11: Ukrainian foreign ministry says Moscow’s move is ‘encroachment’ on Kyiv’s sovereignty.

Daily Mirror

Defiant Darijo Srna tells Shakhtar's truth as FIFA accused of Ukraine war failure

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Shakhtar Donetsk have been a club in exile for eight years but they have kept winning and they will not allow Russia's invasion of Ukraine to stop them, insists Director of Football and club legend Darijo Srna

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