Ukraine's richest man has pledged to help rebuild the besieged city of Mariupol, months after the country's president accused him of considering funding a pro-Russian coup.
Rinat Akhmetov has seen his business empire shattered by eight years of fighting in Ukrain e's east but remains defiant and confident that what he calls "our brave soldiers" will defend the Sea of Azov city reduced to a wasteland by seven weeks of bombardment.
The billionaire has declared "we will rebuild the entire Ukraine ", five months after Volodymyr Zelensky questioned his loyalty to the country.
