Russian air strikes across several Ukrainian regions killed six people and injured dozens on Saturday, damaging homes, shops and infrastructure. Moscow said its forces struck Ukrainian steel plants and cargo ships, while Kyiv reported hitting a Russian synthetic rubber plant used in missile fuel production.
Russian air strikes hit several Ukrainian regions on Saturday, killing six people and injuring dozens, officials said, as both sides continued to target energy facilities and shipping. Residential buildings and infrastructure sustained damage across the country.
Strikes hit Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih
In Zhytomyr Region, west of Kyiv, governor Vitaliy Bunechko said a Russian strike on a grocery store killed two people in the town of Zvyahel, with two petrol stations and an unidentified enterprise with foreign investment also hit. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy separately reported attacks on Zaporizhzhia and his home town of Kryvyi Rih.
Zaporizhzhia Region governor Ivan Fedorov said two people were killed and 11 injured in assaults on Zaporizhzhia and other localities. Oleksandr Vilkul, head of Kryvyi Rih's military administration, said two people had been killed in overnight drone and missile attacks on the city.
Moscow claims strikes on steel plants and ports
The Russian military said its forces hit the Zaporizhstal steel maker in Zaporizhzhia, an Interpipe Steel complex in Dnipro and several plants in Kryvyi Rih, including the Northern Iron Ore Beneficiation Works complex. Reuters could not independently verify accounts from either side.
In Odesa Region, governor Oleh Kiper said 37 people, including an infant, were injured in a series of overnight attacks, with two people missing. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces hit a cargo ship in Odesa it said carried goods for military use, after striking two cargo vessels overnight in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk.
Ukraine strikes rubber plant tied to missile fuel
Ukraine's military said it hit one of Russia's largest synthetic rubber producers, the Togliattikauchuk plant in Togliatti in the Samara region, causing a fire. It said the plant produces synthetic rubbers and fuel additives used in fuel for Russian missiles. Togliatti mayor Ilya Sukhikh said several residential buildings were damaged and one person was injured, while regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said industrial facilities in the region had been hit by Ukrainian drones without specifying which ones.
In a separate attack, four commercial properties were set ablaze in the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region, local mayor Svetlana Kambulova said, according to TASS.
Source: Investing.com
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