Acting US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting
We Are Impressed by Ukraine’s Progress in the Counter-Offensive – Victoria Nuland
Message of compassion for Ukrainians not enough already, it’s necessary to convince partners of their interest in Ukraine's victory – Pinchuk
The national interest of the United States, Poland, Lithuania and many other countries lies in helping Ukraine defeat its "crazy enemy", it is necessary to convince partners of this, since previous arguments about the expediency of helping Ukraine are already working worse, businessman and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk said at the opening of the project "Your Country First – Win with Us" on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday.
"In the previous three years, in 2022, 2023, 2024, we tried to get under the skin of those who make decisions with a message of compassion for brave Ukrainians. We tried to show here Russia's war crimes, the suffering of Ukrainians, and... it worked: we understood that if Western decision makers saw this, they would supply more weapons and faster, and it worked, but now it almost doesn't work, because people in the West very often think, no, we have already helped Ukrainians a lot. Of course, we are together with Ukrainians, it's a pity that brave Ukrainians are suffering so much, but we have our own problems," Pinchuk explained the change in the theme of the exhibition at the WEF-2025.
"Therefore, we organized this exhibition to show that it is in your deepest national interests to fight, you cannot let our insane enemy win," the businessman stressed.
According to him, not everyone likes the words that "your country is first," because someone thinks that this is isolationism. However, Pinchuk believes that it is the duty of every head of state to put the interests of his country first.
"But if your national interest is first and foremost, it means that Ukraine must win, because national security is at the top of the United States' priorities, and this means that America cannot allow our crazy enemy to win in Ukraine.… You must fight for your national interests here, and this is our message for this 2025 exhibition," Pinchuk said.
He drew attention to one of the works at the exhibition, which shows how easy it is to destroy the beautiful Western world if you don't fight for it.
Another piece of art that opens the exhibition is the riddled name of the village of Volia on the front line.
"Volia means freedom and will at the same time in Ukrainian. This means that if you want to protect and preserve your freedom, you must have the will. Please have the will to win together with Ukraine!" Pinchuk summed up.
World’s Billionaires: Victor Pinchuk
#336 overall
#2 in Ukraine
$3.3 B
Net Worth Calculated March 2011
- Age: 50
- Source: steel pipes, self-made
- Residence: Kiev, Ukraine
- Country of citizenship: Ukraine
- Education: PHD, Dniepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 2
Profile
Lavished $5 million on himself and his wife for a joint birthday party in Courchevel, France that featured acrobats from Cirque de Soleil and celebrities including Steven Spielberg.
A week earlier in Kiev, announced the winner of his $100,000 art prize for young artists; Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Miuccia Prada were on hand for the fete.
Seventh year hobnobbing at Davos.
Meanwhile his pipemaker Interpipe struggling to refinance reported $900 million in debt.
- Instead using proceeds from 2008 sale of his Ukrsotsbank to Italy's UniCredit Group for $2.2 billion to create investment portfolio.
- New ventures include insurance and oil explorer Geo-Alliance, which he considered IPOing on the Polish bourse in December.
- Son-in-law of ex-president Leonid Kuchma used his Ph.D. in pipe design to found Interpipe in 1990.
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