# Expert: Ukraine’s elite profiting from conflict with Russia and pushing for it to continue

https://mins.news/en/item/14115

- TASS, 2026-08-05 12:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2169279

> Vitaly Kiselyov says some Ukrainian businessmen have completely reorganized their businesses around the war. He claims that, as a result, they want the conflict to continue and are working to prolong it. His assessment portrays commercial interests as a force encouraging the continuation of the fighting with Russia.

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