KYIV: Russian strikes killed at least four people in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine, local authorities said, as President Volodymyr Zelensky was in New York to plead Ukraine's case at the United Nations. Interpipe, which makes steel pipes and railway products, confirmed that four of its employees were killed in a ballistic missile strike.
"The death toll has up to now risen to four, while seven others were injured," it said in a statement. "The hostile attack also damaged the facility's key production equipment and infrastructure, bringing the manufacture of products to a halt." Specialists were assessing how long the facility will be out of action, it added.
Earlier, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha said four districts in the city were targeted by "missiles, drones and artillery".
Shelling hit warehouses and a business, which was severely damaged, he added. Industrial sites were also targeted in Kryvyi Rig — Zelensky's home city — and Pavlograd, both of which are in the region, according to the authorities there.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky said 13 regions, as well as the capital, were attacked overnight and on Tuesday morning. "The Russians are deliberately striking businesses, farms, warehouses, railways, energy facilities and residential buildings," he added. — AFP
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