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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

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

An employee works at the Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Metinvest’s Zaporizhzhia steelworks is running at three-quarters capacity. Photograph: Reuters

Security guarantees will be key to Ukraine healing its shattered economy if Donald Trump moves to negotiate an end to the war with Russia when he returns to the White House, according to the chief executive of one of the country’s largest companies.

Yuriy Ryzhenkov, the chief executive of the steel company Metinvest, said the company’s economy could grow like Germany’s economic miracle after the devastation of the second world war if the right policies are in place but added that there was a high degree of uncertainty over Trump’s plans.

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