Lakshmi Mittal's Ukraine steel plant hit by Russian missile; 2 killed

On August 16, Russian missile attacks targeted the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant in Ukraine, tragically resulting in the deaths of two people and injuries to over ten workers and contractors, according to the company's statement to the Kyiv Post. The missile strike forced the suspension of partial operations at the mining and metallurgical plant located in the central city of Kryvyi Rih.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported one death in the northeastern city of Sumy due to the same attack. The Russian missile assault inflicted casualties and damage in other parts of Ukraine as well. In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a man and a woman lost their lives after their home sustained a missile hit, as per Ivan Fedorov, head of the regional military administration.

Kyiv itself was not spared, with Russian strikes igniting several fires and injuring six individuals, including a major blaze at a prominent book market near the Pochaina metro station, which destroyed a cluster of kiosks and released dense smoke. Russian President Vladimir Putin's defense ministry claimed their forces had targeted metallurgical plants in Kryvyi Rih and several military-industrial facilities in Kyiv, including a site involved in producing Ukraine's Flamingo missiles.

Ukraine's Flamingo missiles have garnered significance for Kyiv's counter-offensives against Russian forces, with President Zelenskyy revealing the weapons were employed to strike a rocket research and production center in Samara, approximately 900 km from the Ukrainian border.