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Russian Forces Strike US Company Warehouse in Kharkiv Despite Proposed Ceasefire

The strike damaged over 5,000 square meters of warehouse space at a US-owned facility with no confirmed injuries, amid ongoing Russian assaults on Ukraine’s logistics infrastructure.

  • On January 30, a Russian ballistic missile damaged Philip Morris Ukraine's Kharkiv warehouse, with employees sheltering safely and no injuries reported.
  • The Russian Defence Ministry said Friday it struck military targets, including energy facilities, while Trump stated Thursday that Putin agreed to stop strikes after his request, but Zelensky said `There has been no dialogue and no direct agreements on this matter between us and Russia`.
  • Emergency services said the strike caused a fire engulfing over 5,000 square metres with major damage, and Philip Morris Ukraine reported no injuries as employees on duty sheltered, though separate reports said two were injured.
  • Following earlier strikes on January 27, multiple regions were hit, including Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk, disrupting infrastructure and supply chains.
  • In recent months, Russia deliberately bombed major pharmaceutical warehouses, destroying four large medicine storage facilities and disrupting logistics infrastructure across Ukraine.
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A Russian Iskander ballistic missile hit a factory of the Ukrainian branch of Philip Morris in Kharkiv on Friday night, the company's press service reported. Firefighters are responding to the scene.

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As a result of a Russian missile strike on the night of Friday, January 30, part of the Kharkov factory of the company “Philip Morris in Ukraine” was damaged.

The Russians' overnight attack on Ukraine from Thursday to Friday hit, among other targets, a factory belonging to the American corporation Philip Morris. The company announced on Friday that part of its factory in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, was damaged. There were no casualties, as the staff present at the plant on that fateful night managed to hide in a shelter.

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censor.net broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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