Missile strikes on the steel industry – a blow to the economy: how russia is destroying Ukraine’s industry – BBC
How russia is systematically destroying Ukraine’s steel industry through missile attacks – and what this means for the country’s economy – in an article by Vitaliy Shevchenko, Chief Analyst at BBC Monitoring.Like thousands of other residents of Zaporizhzhia, Denys MAKSYSHKO has spent years working for local steel factory Zaporizhstal. For generations, it has been the biggest and richest source of employment in this major Ukrainian city."Zaporizhstal is not just a big company, it's the heart of the city," he says.Now, following a series of russian missile strikes, this heart has stopped beating. Four attacks – two in August and two in September – forced the huge factory, which employs 8,500 people, to shut down indefinitely."The equipment has been destroyed. There are no windows left, and there are holes in the roofs. The blast furnaces have been almost completely ruined," Maksyshko explains.According to Oleksandr MYRONENKO, Chief Operating Officer of Metinvest Group, russia fired a to