Ukrtelecom Akhmetov will sue Russia for almost half a billion hryvnias

Ukrtelecom will sue Russian Federation for 450 million UAH. In this amount, the company estimated assets in temporarily occupied territories. The Fixed Communications Operator prepares claims against Russia for compensation for losses of UAH 450 million. Igor Yaremchuk, Director of Strategy and Development of the Company, told this in an interview with SPEKA. "It is the fair value of assets located in temporarily occupied territories where we were forced to stop economic activity," Yaremchuk said.

He added that the amount of claims can increase, as now there is a fixation and estimation of losses caused to the assets of the company in the territories controlled by Ukraine. The company has created commissions that prepare materials for lawsuits both in Ukraine and in Europe.

"Ukrtelecom as part of the SCM group will inevitably sue, demanding to compensate for the losses and value of the destroyed, damaged and lost property through a full -scale military invasion of Russia into Ukraine," Yaremchuk emphasized. The operator's top manager added that the amount of UAH 450 million does not take into account the operating profit (EBITDA) that is not received due to the stopping business, which is at least UAH 14 million to date. month.