Metinvest Group's Zaporizhstal continues to finance support programmes for employees whose homes have been damaged due to hostilities. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the plant has allocated over UAH 5.5 million to support its employees.
Amid the war, Zaporizhzhia's housing stock has sustained significant damage. According to the local authorities, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, over 1,300 apartment buildings and more than 2,600 private houses have been damaged or destroyed. The extent of destruction varies ‒ from shattered windows and damaged roofs to homes completely destroyed, which underlines the relevance and social importance of programmes aimed at housing recovery. On the initiative of Metinvest Group, a support programme for employees whose homes have been damaged by hostile shelling has been operating in Zaporizhzhia since the beginning of the full-scale war.
"Home is more than walls and a roof: it is a place of power, recovery, and internal support. Thus, supporting our employees whose homes were affected by shelling is not just financial assistance, but a way to help people regain their sense of safety and the energy to move forward. To date, 235 Zaporizhstal employees have received financial support to repair their homes. This programme will continue for as long as there is a need," said Taras SHEVCHENKO, Acting General Director of Metinvest Group's Zaporizhstal, Hero of Ukraine.
As a reminder, at the programme's initial implementation stage, from 2022, emergency repair teams from Zaporizhstal ensured prompt restoration of the most critical elements of damaged homes. In particular, they dismantled destroyed structures and installed temporary coverings for window and door frames. Subsequently, the programme was transformed into targeted financial support, which allows for a more flexible and effective response to employees' needs, depending on the extent of damage to their homes. The programme covers all employees of Metinvest Group's enterprises in Zaporizhzhia, namely: Zaporizhstal, Zaporizhcoke, Zaporizhzhia Refractories, and Metinvest Machinery (formerly Zaporizhzhia Casting and Mechanical Works).