In short: Russian forces attacked Ukrainian metallurgical companies in a night strike

These facilities were used for the needs of the military-industrial sector of Ukraine and the Ukrainian army

Russian forces launched a massive nighttime raid on major Ukrainian metallurgical companies, a transformer plant and an energy site in Krivoi Rog, Zaporozhye and Zhitomir. These facilities were used for the needs of the military-industrial sector of Ukraine and the Ukrainian army.

TASS has collected key information about the Russian attacks.

In Kryvyi Rih, the strike hit a metal plant - Ukraine's largest metallurgical company, which supplies metal products to Ukraine's military-industrial sector.

In Zaporozhye, the strike hit Zaporozhstal Metals Plant, Ukraine's largest metallurgical company, part of Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Group. Previously, the annual production of this plant was 1.44 million tons of pig iron and more than 1.3 million metric tons of rolled steel. The products were largely used for the needs of military industries

Attack on power station, industrial company

In Zhytomyr, a strike on a substation involved in the distribution of electricity from western Ukraine to central regions to support the operations of Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises.

In the city of Zaporozhye, the strike hit the industrial company Zaporozhtransformator PJSC, which produced oil-filled power transformers of 220-750 kV. From 2022, the plant will be operated by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and will be used for the needs of the Ukrainian army.