"Metinvest" Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Group announced that on September 17, its "Zaporizhstal" metallurgical plant was shelled by a Russian ballistic missile, which became the fourth such attack on the enterprise in just over a month.
According to the company, two early morning ballistic missiles struck the industrial facilities of the plant, causing significant damage to engineering and railway infrastructure. There were no reports of deaths, while one employee was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds and a concussion.
Alexander Mironenko, Chief Operating Officer of Metinvest, said that a total of 17 ballistic missiles had been fired at "Zaporizhstal" since August. He said that the repeated attacks on the shut down plant were hindering efforts to rebuild the plant and resume operations.
Major equipment and railway infrastructure suffered significant damage. ущерб
Metinvest stated that the latest attack caused significant damage to the plant's main technological and auxiliary equipment, production buildings and railway infrastructure. Cleanup operations are continuing to allow for inspections and further damage assessments.
Zaporizhstal remained completely shut down after the attackon August 11damaged its main production and auxiliary equipment, infrastructure and power supply system disrupting its production chains. According to Metinvest, eight employees were killed and 28 injured in the attack.
"Zaporizhstal" was also attacked on August 27 and in September. 12
Subsequently, on August 27,the facility was attacked again, there were no reports of casualties. Another attack On September 12damaged blast furnaces and steelmaking facilities, energy facilities, networks and logistics infrastructure, and injured four employees.
Metinvest stated that its current priority is to preserve "Zaporizhstal", its workforce and production facilities, as well as to preserve the possibility of rebuilding the plant, despite repeated attacks.
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