Ukraine has completed its first integration of a steel shelter within a military educational institution: an underground training hub designed to ensure continuity of teaching under threat. The facility was built using steel produced by Metinvest Group, in line with the company’s Steel Dream concept for rebuilding the country and as part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative. The company’s investment in the hub totals UAH16 million.The underground shelter covers nearly 100 square metres. Its structure comprises prefabricated steel modules manufactured off-site, allowing the facility to be assembled in just six weeks. The shelter complies with national construction standards and combines a safe space with adaptable, multifunctional classrooms for training.Military personnel can stay there during air-raid alerts and continue lessons without interruption. The hub is located outside the main building and connected to it by steel walkways. The shelter is buried deep enough to

Journalists from the British newspaper The Guardian visited an underground hospital on the front line built by Metinvest. In his report, foreign correspondent Luke Harding tells the story of the stabilisation point and the medics who work around the clock to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers.Scrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.Welcome to Ukraine’s secret underground hospital. The facility opened in August and is the second of its kind, located in eastern Ukraine not far from the frontline and the city of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk oblast. “We are 6 metres below the earth. It’s the safest way of providing help to

As part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative, the 39th Separate Coastal Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy has received a tractor for fortifying positions and an interactive table.From the onset of the full-scale invasion to the present day, the fighters – formerly of the 126th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade and, since February 2025, reformed into the 39th Separate Coastal Defence Brigade within the 30th Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy – have been relentlessly driving the occupiers from Ukrainian soil. In the fiercest battles in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, the brigade repelled enemy assaults; today, its soldiers continue to resist and exert pressure on the invading forces.Recently, the troops received another tranche of aid from Metinvest – following a request from the military, the company delivered a multipurpose tractor. “We’ll use the tractor to prepare positions along the first and second lines of defence. It’s a crucial part of warfare – preparation,