A Russian missile strike hit ArcelorMittal’s sprawling mining and steel complex in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 14 others as another wave of attacks struck targets across the country. The facility is Ukraine’s largest steel plant and one of the country’s most important industrial assets.

The attack damaged key infrastructure at the plant and forced the company to partially halt production. The latest escalation came as Ukraine also intensified long-range drone attacks on Russian targets, while a separate drone incursion into NATO member Romania triggered a military interception.

The overnight missile attack struck the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih complex in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown. Ukrainian officials said two people were killed and 14 were injured in the strike.

The attack was part of a broader Russian assault on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. In Kyiv, strikes caused fires in several areas and injured residents, while attacks were also reported elsewhere in Ukraine.

The continued targeting of major economic and industrial facilities highlights the growing pressure on Ukraine’s infrastructure more than four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih said critical facilities in its power-generation and blast-furnace operations were damaged in the attack. Production processes were consequently partially suspended while the company assessed the extent of the damage.

The plant is a major mining and metallurgical complex and remains strategically important to Ukraine’s industrial economy. Damage to its energy and blast-furnace infrastructure could affect operations beyond the immediate aftermath of the strike. The latest attack adds to years of disruption facing Ukraine’s metals, energy and transport industries during the war.

Regional tensions increased further after a Spanish F-18 fighter operating as part of NATO’s air-policing mission shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace from Moldova.

Romania’s Defence Ministry said the drone was intercepted at 5:01 a.m. local time, with debris believed to have fallen in an uninhabited area. Authorities were investigating its origin, while NATO officials said indications suggested it was Russian.

The incident was the fourth drone incursion reported over Romania in 2026, adding to concerns that the Russia-Ukraine conflict could increasingly affect neighbouring NATO territory.

Ukraine simultaneously carried out one of its largest recent drone attacks on targets inside Russia. Moscow said hundreds of drones were intercepted, while strikes caused casualties and damaged sites including a Wildberries warehouse near Moscow. Ukraine has accused the retailer of supporting Russian military logistics.

Ukraine also said it targeted a missile-fuel production facility in Russia’s Rostov region, while Russia continued missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities.

The ArcelorMittal strike, cross-border drone attacks and the interception over Romania show how the conflict is increasingly affecting industrial infrastructure and regional security, raising fresh concerns for both Ukraine and NATO countries along its borders.