akhmetov is helping the victims of the war in donbass in south-eastern ukraine. as of march 2014 he had allocated uah 35 million. for this assistance. the rinat akhmetov humanitarian centre was established in august 2014 to provide maximum assistance to all civilians of donetsk and luhansk regions affected by the military actions. the centre has pooled resources of the foundation and all scm group's businesses and fc shakhtar. the activity of the centre is dedicated to financial, humanitarian, medical and psychological assistance for the victims of the conflict in the south-eastern ukraine and evacuation from the hot spots in the east of ukraine.