ArcelorMittal Shutters Ukraine's Largest Steel Plant — SkimNews
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- ArcelorMittal announced it is shutting production at Ukraine's largest steel plant, citing the growing economic toll of recurring Russian airstrikes.
- Russian airstrikes on Friday killed seven people in Kyiv, including a 14-year-old boy, and injured more than 50, underscoring the human cost driving the industrial exodus.
Why it matters: The closure of Ukraine's largest steel plant represents a direct blow to the country's heavy-industry backbone, while the killing of a 14-year-old in Kyiv shows that even routine strikes on the capital continue to claim children's lives — a dual signal of war's compounding economic and humanitarian damage.
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