Russian ballistic missile strikes in September 2026 disabled Ukraine's three remaining major steel plants, including Metinvest and ArcelorMittal, killing 17 workers.

The Financial Times (FT) reported on September 20 that Russian ballistic missile strikes in September 2026 disabled Ukraine’s three remaining major steel plants, including the Metinvest and ArcelorMittal plants in Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, killing 17 workers.

Russian forces attacked a fire and rescue vehicle on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia with a drone.

The attack injured four first responders.

The vehicle was on its way to extinguish a fire at a house caused by a Russian attack.

Russian missile strikes have knocked out three of Ukraine’s largest steel plants, putting the country’s entire steel industry at risk.

Russia struck the plants with ballistic missiles in early September, hitting facilities in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Two belong to the metallurgical and mining company Metinvest, while the third is an ArcelorMittal factory.

A Russian drone attacked a civilian vehicle in Kushuhum, Zaporizhzhia region, resulting in the destruction of the vehicle and the death of a 73-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman.

In Polohy, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian command-and-observation post used to coordinate troops operating in the area.

A command and observation post of the occupiers was struck in Polohy.

In the Huliaipole sector, the occupiers attacked our defenders’ positions 13 times. The enemy attempted to advance towards the settlements of Vozdvizhivka, Rizdvyanka, Verkhnia Tersa and Charivne.