Billionaire oligarch called 'Putin's favorite industrialist' says 'destroying Ukraine would be a colossal mistake'

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Oleg Deripaska, a close Putin ally, spoke to Russian reporters about the invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported.
Deripaska, who faces international sanctions, cast doubt on Russia's hope of "victory" over Ukraine.
"I think that destroying Ukraine would be a colossal mistake, including for us," he said.
Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire aluminum tycoon and close Vladimir Putin ally, spoke out against the war in Ukraine on Tuesday while speaking with local journalists, su