On the night of 12 September, Russian forces for the third time in the past month launched a ballistic missile strike on Zaporizhstal. Four missiles hit the plant’s production site, injuring four employees.
This was reported by Zaporizhstal’s press service.
According to the company, the latest attack damaged key and auxiliary equipment in the blast furnace and open-hearth shops, the power system and the plant’s networks, as well as its logistics infrastructure.
Production processes at Zaporizhstal had not been operating since the previous Russian strikes on 11 and 27 August, so there is currently no threat of a man-made accident. The number of employees on the plant’s premises during the attack was significantly limited.
As a result of the strike, four employees sustained injuries of varying severity. One of them, after receiving first aid and being examined by medics, refused hospitalisation and stayed to help deal with the aftermath of the attack.
Three other injured people, after receiving pre-medical assistance, were taken to city hospitals with moderate injuries.
“Zaporizhstal produced pig iron and steel for civilian needs. The plant did not manufacture products for military purposes and did not keep anything on its premises that could have made it a military target. After the strikes on 11 and 27 August, the company has still not resumed production. And even that did not stop a new attack,” the company said.
Work to deal with the aftermath of the strike is currently under way at the plant. The plant has still not resumed production after the previous strikes on 11 and 27 August.
- On the night of 11 August, the Russians carried out a ballistic strike on Zaporizhstal, killing seven employees of the plant.