Russia says it hit Ukrainian steel plants, power infrastructure and ships


(Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday it ?had carried out a large-scale overnight attack ‌on Ukrainian and infrastructure targets including the country's largest steelworks in the city of Kryvyi Rih, and vessels using the ?Ukrainian port of Odesa.

The plant is owned ?by steel giant ArcelorMittal , which suspended operations there in September ?after a series of Russian ballistic missile strikes. ?It did not immediately respond to a request ?for comment.

In a statement, Russia's defence ministry said the plant supplied steel products to the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.

It said Russian ?forces had also hit an electricity substation ?in the northwestern city of Zhytomyr and another steel plant ‌in ?Zaporizhzhia, a city near the front line.

A cargo vessel in the Black Sea was also hit, the ministry said, alleging that it was delivering military ?cargo to Odesa.

Later ?in ?the day, the ministry said Russian strikes during the afternoon had hit ?a vehicle-repair plant in Lutsk, an ?electricity substation ?in the western Ternopil region and another cargo vessel south of Odesa that it said was ?carrying ?military and dual-use cargo.