Metinvest metallurgical group stated it had lost control over all of its enterprises in the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions temporarily not controlled by Ukrainian authorities.

"Metinvest group declares a complete loss of control over the operation of all its assets in the uncontrolled areas due to the requirements of the leadership of the unrecognized republics about the need to re-register the enterprises located in the so called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics," the press service of the group said.