According to Ukrinform, this information was reported in a Telegram post by PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih.”

“As a result of the enemy attack, 13 employees of the company and its contractors were injured. Unfortunately, one person was killed. Rescue and search operations are ongoing,” the statement reads.

It is noted that an emergency response plan has been activated. Firefighters, occupational safety department personnel, rescue workers, and medical staff are working at the scene. Those injured as a result of the Russian missile strike are receiving necessary medical care at the city’s medical facilities.

As a result of the Russian attack, key production facilities for power generation and blast furnace operations were damaged, and the plant’s production processes have been partially halted. Specialists are currently assessing the extent of the damage, as well as the feasibility and timeline for restoration.

The company emphasized that the facility is a civilian site in the mining and metallurgical industry and strongly condemned such hostile attacks.

The company noted that it had already suffered a devastating missile strike in 2022. At that time, the bar rolling mill was destroyed, and one employee was killed.

Later, Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, reported on Telegram that the body of a victim, who had previously been considered missing, had been recovered from the rubble.

“Unfortunately, the body of another victim, who had previously been considered missing, has been recovered from the rubble,” Vilkul said.

He specified that the victim was 44 years old.

According to Vilkul, the attack damaged 13 apartment buildings, a medical center, a high school, and stores.

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“The command center continues to operate, and assistance is being provided to people,” he noted.

In turn, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Oleksandr Hanzha, reported that 14 people were also injured as a result of the nighttime enemy attack on Kryvyi Rih, 11 of whom were hospitalized. One of the victims, a 48-year-old man, is in critical condition.

As reported by Ukrinform, Russian troops attacked Kryvyi Rih on the afternoon of August 15, resulting in at least two known injuries.

Illustrative photo: State Emergency Service