In Lutsk, the Russian military fired at an enterprise that manufactured components for cars and industry.
The houses next to it were not damaged, said Lutsk chairman Ihor Polishchuk: “This is an ordinary industrial enterprise that produced components for cars and industry. It is not known what relation it had to the military industry. Both the dead and the injured were employees of this enterprise.”
The rescuers unblocked one victim from under the rubble and removed the bodies of three more victims, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
Rescuers cleared the debris and extinguished the fire.
On the night of August 15, during a massive attack, the Russians targeted an industrial enterprise in Lutsk.
Swedish bearing manufacturer SKF said its plant in Lutsk was hit by a Russian missile in a massive attack on the night of Tuesday, August 15.
This is reported by Reuters.
“Last night there was an attack on the city of Lutsk and our factory was damaged in this attack… We are very saddened to confirm that three of our colleagues have been killed,” SKF spokesman Carl Björnstam said.
Björnstam added that the company is investigating the aftermath of the attack and the damage caused to the plant, but added that its primary focus is on its employees and their safety.
According to the latest earnings report of the company, which is the world’s largest producer of industrial bearings, about 1,100 of its employees are in Ukraine, most of them working at the plant in Lutsk.
The report also stated that the Lutsk plant accounted for about 0.5% of SKF’s total production in 2022.
On Tuesday, August 15, the Russian army attacked Lutsk. Three people were killed as a result of the rocket impact.
The head of the Volyn Regional Military Administration, Yuriy Pogulyajko, noted that several more victims are in the hospital.