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Russian defence ministry says it hit Ukrainian steel plants, power infrastructure overnight

  • Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukrainian infrastructure, including a steelworks in Kryvyi Rih.
  • The Kryvyi Rih plant is owned by ArcelorMittal, which suspended operations there in September after Russian missile strikes.
  • The ministry said Russian forces also hit an electricity substation in Zhytomyr and a steel plant in Zaporizhzhia.
  • The ministry alleged that a cargo vessel in the Black Sea was hit, but Reuters could not independently verify the report.
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In the course of a large-scale night operation, the Russian Armed Forces launched a series of targeted attacks on Ukraine's critical industrial facilities. According to the Ministry of Defence, large enterprises in Kriv Rog, Zaporogier and Zhitomir were targeted; they played a significant role in the provision of services.

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Russian defence ministry says it hit Ukrainian steel plants, power infrastructure overnight

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday it had carried ​out a large-scale overnight attack ‌on Ukrainian infrastructure targets, including the country's largest steelworks in the ​city of Kryvyi Rih.

·London, United Kingdom
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The Russian armed forces carried out a massive attack on high-precision weapons and drones on metallurgical complexes and power installations in Kriv Rog, Zaporogier and Zhitomir. Russian military forces struck Ukrainian military and industrial complex enterprises using high-precision ground-based, air- and sea-based weapons, as well as impact drones. In Kriv Roge, the attack hit the country ' s largest metallurgical complex, which supplied…

The Russian Ministry of Defence announced Saturday that its forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukrainian infrastructure during the night.

·Bucharest, Romania
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CNN Brasil broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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