‘As of Today, Ukraine Doesn’t Have a Steel Industry Anymore’: Mining CEO Reveals How Russian Strikes Are Destroying Kiev’s Economy

 

Destroyed steel plant in Zaporozhie, Ukraine – Screengrab Social Media/Telegram

While Ukraine is ‘winning’ in the MSM headlines, its economy is being depleted by overwhelming drone and missile strikes.

If you look around the MSM today, all you’ll see is the image of oil refineries on fire in the Moscow region, after the largest drone attack on the Russian capital since the beginning of the war.

While there’s no denying that the attack on the last day of Russian elections is quite the ‘PR victory’ for Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky, it is nothing compared to the absolute havoc wreaked by the relentless Moscow strikes on Ukrainian economic targets. 

We feel tempted to say that Russia’s new jet drones struck Kiev every day in September, but it is not entirely the case.

Drone attacks on Kiev were recorded on September 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; on September 8, 9, 10 and 11; on September 15, 17, 18, 19 and today, 20.

It’s important to stress that these attacks often came in multiple waves per day, targeting military, economic and infrastructure targets.

Today, as the Globalists gloat with the disruption of Russian elections, Kiev residents wake up to a city shrouded by smoke from the relentless strikes. 

But the air strikes are hitting all over the country, not just the capital, and are slowly degrading Kiev economic capabilities.

Today, the Financial Times reported on the magnitude of this destruction:

“Missiles and new jet-powered drones hit shopping malls, warehouses and distribution centers in late August and early September, disrupting companies including major Ukrainian retailers, publishing houses, pharmaceutical groups and Nova Poshta, the country’s biggest private postal carrier.”

Supermarket shortages in Kiev have also begun to appear, though sporadic at this point.

“Earlier this month, ballistic missile strikes disabled Ukraine’s three major remaining steel plants in the industrial heartlands of the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, killing 17 workers and threatening an industry that helped drive the country’s growth for decades after independence. Two ballistic missiles struck the Zaporizhzhia site again on Thursday, the fourth attack against the steel plant in less than a month.

‘As of today, [Ukraine] doesn’t have a steel industry anymore’, Oleksandr Vodoviz, head of the chief executive’s office at Metinvest, a steel and mining company that owns two of the three plants targeted in the recent attacks, told the FT. ‘They knew everything about the plant, they knew exactly where to hit’, Vodoviz said. Ballistic missiles targeted the blast furnaces at the three plants, including two owned by Metinvest and an ArcelorMittal factory in Zelenskyy’s native city of Kryvyi Rih.

Metinvest and ArcelorMittal said the factories — which together made up 90 per cent of the country’s steel output — were now idle. ‘Right now we do not understand how long it will take to make the repairs, days, weeks, months or years’, said Vodoviz. He said the shutdown of the plants, which together have more than 15,000 workers, could have major knock-on effects ‘and a huge impact on taxes’.”

WHAT A COWARD: British Singer Ed Sheeran CRIES on Stage as He Takes a Shot at Trump’s America – Also Caves to Anti-Israel Mob on Gaza (VIDEO)

 

During a concert in Philadelphia on Saturday night, British singer Ed Sheeran broke down in tears as he attacked America and caved to the anti-Semitic mob regarding Israel and Gaza. Credit: NBC 10 Philadelphia Instagram screenshot

One of the world’s most famous and previously apolitical singers has conceded defeat to the woke mob in perhaps the most cowardly way possible.

Woke rapper Macklemore used some of his time on stage during British musician Ed Sheeran’s tour in America last week to go off on anti-Israel and anti-ICE tirades.

Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, aka ‘Macklemore,’ accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and issued a call to “Free Palestine.” He was later removed from the tour for his remarks. 

In response, all supporting acts for Sheeran’s US Tour quit in solidarity with Macklemore.

Sheeran also came under heavy criticism from some fans and fellow musicians for removing Macklemore from the tour. But now, wants to let them know he is truly ‘sorry’ for showing some backbone.

Sheeran opened his show inside Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night by apologizing to the anti-Semitic, anti-American hordes before proclaiming himself as someone who tries to avoid political issues.

He went on to acknowledge the devastating terrorist attack at a music festival in Israel on October 7, 2023, before attacking the Jewish State’s “disproportionate” response to the attack. 

As one will notice, he was emotional as he begged the mob for mercy.

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SHEERAN: I am so, so sorry…I have never wanted to be an activist musician, but this has put me in the middle of an important, passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet.

I have tried in my career not to be a political commentator of any kind, because I want my music and shows to be about unity, not division, about humanity, not politics.

But this is a humanitarian issue. I cannot hide how I feel about it anymore. What happened in Israel, and at the music festival on October 7th, was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain.

What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic, unjustifiable, and disproportionate.

My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and loss of civilian life and loss of children’s lives. And the systemic injustice we’re seeing unfolding in the West Bank cannot be overlooked.

Sheeran then apologized to those in the crowd who wanted him to refrain from speaking out on politics, but stood by his remarks.

“The one thing that I would like to apologize for is the first bit of the show where it wasn’t about music, and I had to talk,” Sherran stated.

“I understand that people have children here and I understand that families didn’t buy a ticket to hear that first bit of the show, but that was something I felt like I needed to say,” he continued.

Sheeran closed the night by CRYING on stage while expressing gratitude to his fans. He then commented that America, under President Trump, is “a scary place,” as is the rest of the world.

The tens of millions of Americans who voted for Trump, who likely include some of Sherran’s fans, would take issue with that statement.

“I’m so grateful,” Sheeran said while breaking down. “The world is a scary place right now. America is a scary place right now. This gives hope. This gives hope.”

“Thank you so much, Philadelphia,” he added. “Thank you so much. I hope you have had fun.”