Russia Keeps Attacking US Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent
Russian strikes have hit Cargill, Boeing and Flex sites, injuring 15 people in one attack, as officials say the campaign is meant to deter investment.
- Since last summer, Russian forces have systematically targeted facilities owned by American corporations in Ukraine, including Coca-Cola, Cargill, and Boeing, while the President Donald Trump administration has maintained a muted public response.
- In mid-April, seven Russian drones struck a vast Cargill grain terminal in three minutes, while Russian cruise missiles later hit a manufacturing plant in Mukachevo owned by Flex Ltd, injuring 15 people.
- Andy Hunder, head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, stated the strikes are designed to stop American business investment, while Senator Jeanne Shaheen of the Foreign Relations Committee recently denounced the administration's silence.
- Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Olha Stefanishyna noted Washington pressured Kyiv to avoid striking Russian oil terminals where US companies held stakes, yet remains silent when American factories are bombed.
- Former Ukrainian deputy economy minister Oleksandr Romanishyn warned The New York Times that the administration's inaction accepts a dangerous precedent other authoritarian regimes will study: that you can attack US-linked companies abroad and face only rhetorical concern.
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Russia stepped up attacks on assets of US companies in Ukraine to disrupt investments - NYRussia attacks assets of Cargill, Coca-Cola and Boeing to disrupt investments. According to The New York Times, this should undermine the economic stability of Ukraine and its postwar recovery.
Since the summer of 2025, the Russian Federation has been striking various objects of American companies in Ukraine, but the administration of US President Donald Trump publicly practically did not respond to these attacks.
Since the summer of 2025, Russia has intensified attacks on United States companies in Ukraine. In mid-June 2025, Boeing's offices in Kiev were hit. Two months later, Russian cruise missiles hit the factory of the United States company Flex Ltd., an electronics manufacturer. This plant is located in western Ukraine hundreds of kilometres from the front line. With the 2026 offensive, the attacks only intensified. The New York Times wrote about it…
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