Russia strikes Ukraine industrial sites, killing 4, officials say
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Ukrainian firefighters working at the site of a Russian strike on a mall in Dnipro on Sept 19. Moscow has escalated its air war, striking economic targets from businesses to logistics hubs.
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- Russia struck Ukraine's industrial cities Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, and Pavlohrad, killing four and damaging businesses and infrastructure, using missiles, drones, and artillery.
- A Russian attack cut power to nearly 100,000 people in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv region and hit energy and port facilities in Poltava.
- Ukraine responded with drone attacks on Russian civilian targets, killing one in Samara, while Russia claimed to have destroyed 297 drones overnight.
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Russia hit Ukraine’s industrial heartland overnight, killing four, while an attack in the north cut power supply to thousands, Ukrainian officials said on Sept 22.
Moscow has escalated its air war, striking economic targets from businesses to logistics hubs as front-line fighting has largely stalled more than 4½ years into the war triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in the conflict.
Strikes on industrial cities
Moscow simultaneously hit industrial enterprises in the cities of Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Pavlohrad in the south-eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on the Telegram messaging app.
The region is home to machine building, steel-making and other major production.
Russia deployed missiles, drones and artillery at four districts, killing four people and injuring six in Dnipro, where Hanzha said that a business and warehouse premises were badly damaged.
The Russian barrage included an unspecified number of Oniks anti-ship and ballistic missiles, as well as four cruise missiles and 212 drones, Ukraine’s air force said.
Russia’s defence ministry said its forces hit industrial and military facilities in Ukraine, targeting the fuel and energy sector as well as port infrastructure facilities and sea vessels serving the Ukrainian military.
Businesses have also been damaged in Pavlohrad and Kryvyi Rih, the home town of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Hanzha added.
A Russian attack on an energy facility in a neighbouring region cut power supplies to nearly 100,000 consumers in the northern region of Chernihiv, an electricity distributor said.
Moscow hit an industrial enterprise and a critical infrastructure facility in a “massive” attack on the central region of Poltava, Governor Vitalii Diakivnych said, without providing details.
Russia’s defence ministry said its forces hit an oil refinery in the city of Kremenchuk in the Poltava region.
Ukraine, in turn, has stepped up attacks on Russia, targeting the largest online retailers and oil refineries, often deep in the country’s territory.
Ukrainian drones hit civilian targets in Russia’s Samara region on the Volga River, the local governor said, killing one and injuring four. The region is home to critically important facilities, such as oil refineries.
The Russian defence ministry said air defence units destroyed 297 drones over various Russian regions overnight. REUTERS