A Russian missile strike hit an ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih site in central Ukraine on August 16, killing two people and injuring 14, Ukrainian officials and the company said. The attack forced the steelmaker to partially suspend operations at the plant, which is owned by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, a TOI report stated.
ArcelorMittal plant hit in missile attack
The missile struck the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih mining and metallurgical plant in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine's largest steel-producing facility.
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian arm of the world's second-largest steelmaker, confirmed that one of its sites was hit. The company told Kyiv Post that two people were killed and more than 10 workers and contractors were injured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put the number of injured at 14. He also said one person was killed in a separate Russian attack on the northeastern city of Sumy.
Zelenskyy condemns attacks on civilian infrastructure
The Russian strikes caused deaths and damage in several parts of Ukraine. In the Zaporizhzhia region, a man and a woman were killed after their home was hit, according to regional military administration head Ivan Fedorov.
Kyiv also came under attack. Six people were injured and several fires were reported across the capital. One major fire broke out at a large book market near the Pochaina metro station, destroying rows of kiosks and sending black smoke over the area.
“Wherever the Russians can reach with their ballistic missiles, they strike civilian infrastructure,” Zelenskyy said.
Russia says it targeted military facilities
Russia's defence ministry said its forces targeted a metallurgical plant in Kryvyi Rih along with several military-industrial facilities in Kyiv.
According to Moscow, one of the targets was a facility involved in producing Ukraine's Flamingo missiles.
The Ukrainian-made long-range weapons have been used by Kyiv in attacks against targets inside Russia. Zelenskyy said Ukraine used the missiles on Saturday against a rocket research and production centre in Samara, around 900 km from the Ukrainian border.
Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia
The latest Russian strikes came as Ukraine carried out one of its largest aerial attacks on Russia.
Kyiv launched hundreds of drones, targeting military and energy facilities as well as commercial locations.
Russia's defence ministry said it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight, including hundreds that were heading towards Moscow. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said about 600 drones were detected near the Russian capital.
An 83-year-old man was killed when a Ukrainian drone hit a house in the Moscow region. Another attack caused a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Podolsk.
The latest exchanges mark another escalation in long-range attacks between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides targeting infrastructure and facilities far from the front line.
