Russian Missile Strike Kills 5 Kametstal Workers in Kamianske, Hours Into US Peace Push

Russian forces struck the Kametstal metallurgical plant in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, with ballistic missiles in the early hours of September 5, killing five plant employees and injuring five others; one additional worker was reported missing, with only his backpack found at the scene. Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said three of the injured were hospitalized, including a 30-year-old woman in intensive care. Kametstal, one of Ukraine's largest steelmakers and one of the few major industrial plants to keep operating through the war, halted operations after the strike. The attack came hours after Ukraine had ordered its own troops to observe a temporary halt on long-range strikes on Moscow and Kyiv to enable US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to travel for peace talks, underscoring that front-line and rear-area strikes continued despite the capital-focused pause.