A Telegram post claims Russia conducted a destructive attack on September 17, with ballistic missiles hitting Zaporizhstal, a key enterprise of the mining and metallurgical complex belonging to Metinvest group. The post states the plant was also hit five days prior, as was the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih plant.

The source asserts that a series of strikes on metallurgical giants indicates a change in Kremlin tactics, moving from random strikes on perceived military targets to a systematic de-industrialization of Ukraine. The post suggests that major industrial plants are being forced to halt production due to these attacks.