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Dmytro Firtash told NBC News Putin is "never going to come out victorious."Samuel Kubani/AFP via Getty Images, Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
  • Putin is never going to come out victorious according to a Ukrainian former Kremlin ally.

  • If prosecutors would let him, Dmytro Firtash would fight for Ukraine. He is currently under a US indictment.

  • He said that he was never pro-Russian. I am a businessman. My goal is to make money.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is never going to come out victorious from his invasion of Ukraine, said a former Kremlin ally.

Dmytro Firtash, a Ukrainian billionaire under indictment in the US, told NBC News that he would have fought for his country.

Firtash said that up to 15% of his workforce had left to fight against Russia.

He said he wanted to cry about the invasion. It tears my soul apart.

According to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as of Monday there had been 2,729 civilian deaths in Ukraine since Russia invaded. Up to 70% of Ukrainians could live in poverty by the year 2022, according to the World Bank.

No normal person could believe that a massacre could take place in the center of Europe.

Communities in Ukraine banded together to provide aid.

We should build a monument to Mr Putin in the center of the country because he was the only politician that in the last 30 years managed to unite the country as one whole, Firt said.

He said that Russia will lose regardless of what happens.

John Herbst, a former US ambassador to Ukraine, told NBC News that Firtash's comments were a little risky for him.

Herbst said that it was a clear play for Zelenskyy's support but also for the US.

Firtash: 'I was never pro-Russian'

Firtash is the founder and owner of Group DF, a Ukrainian holding company focused on the fertilizer, titanium, and gas distribution industries. An investigation by agence France-Presse found that Russian energy giant Gazprom sold millions of metres of gas to Firtash below market prices.

Firtash distanced himself from the Kremlin in an interview with NBC News.

He said that he was a businessman. My goal is to make money. When asked if he was putting his safety at risk by speaking out against Putin, Firtash told the news channel: "I don't really have a choice."

The US Justice Department alleged that Firtash was involved in a bribe scheme to obtain titanium mines in India.

The indictment seeks forfeiture from Firtash of his interests in Group DF and its assets, which include more than 150 companies registered in countries, including the British Virgin Islands.

Firtash told NBC News he was not guilty.

Firtash was arrested in Austria at the request of US authorities but was released from custody after posting a record bail of $174 million. He has been under house arrest in Vienna ever since. The Supreme Court of Austria granted a US request to extradite Firtash.

The security council secretary of the country said that Firtash was sanctioned because of his involvement in the titanium business, which goes to the military enterprises of the Russian Federation.

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