Russia strikes Ukraine industrial sites, killing three, officials say
Russian forces launched a series of missile and drone strikes against industrial sites across Ukraine, resulting in three deaths and widespread power outages. The attacks targeted critical infrastructure in several regions, including Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava.
Why it matters
The escalation of strikes on economic and industrial targets underscores the ongoing intensity of the conflict and its impact on civilian infrastructure.
Russia hit industrial sites in southeastern and central Ukraine overnight, killing three, while an attack cut power to thousands in the country’s north, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday (September 22, 2026).
Moscow had simultaneously hit industrial enterprises in the cities of Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Pavlohrad in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on Telegram.
Russia deployed missiles, drones and artillery at four districts of the region, killing three people and injuring another six in Dnipro, where Mr. Hanzha said a business and warehouse premises were badly damaged.
With fighting on the front line largely stalled more than 4-1/2 years into the war in Ukraine, Moscow and Kyiv increasingly have struck businesses, ports, logistics and other economic targets in recent months to try to damage the other’s war effort.
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