Interfax reported that a high ranking manager of ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih a metallurgical giant located in the Dnipropetrovsk region was hospitalized on Friday after being beaten by unidentified assailants.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry's department for the Dnipropetrovsk said that 3 people beat Mr Oleksandr Zozulia the ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih director for social and general affairs with baseball bats on Friday morning.

Mr Zozulia sustained moderate injuries and was hospitalized.

The Kryvy Rih city police department opened a criminal case into the incident.

Mr Zozulia asked the Kryvy Rih authorities and law enforcement bodies to investigate the crime impartially and protect ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih employers and property.

(Sourced from Interfax)