Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russian drones hit Coca-Cola plant outside Kyiv
Officials said the plant’s staff were unharmed as firefighters battled a major blaze at one of Europe’s largest beverage facilities.
- On Thursday, Russian drones struck a Coca-Cola production plant in Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv Oblast, causing a major fire at one of Europe's largest beverage manufacturing facilities.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike a "clear Russian signal to America," alleging the military uses weapons to terrorize civilians and inflict damage on the domestic economy.
- Officials confirmed no injuries occurred during the strike near Brovary, while Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, told Reuters the company is assessing the situation.
- Previously, a Russian drone strike damaged a US-based Bunge oil facility in Dnipro, causing a spill of approximately 300 tons that blocked roads for two to three days.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin attends this year's G20 summit in Miami, his message to the leader will be to "get out of Ukraine.
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Russian drones hit and damaged a Coca-Cola factory near the capital of Ukraine on Thursday, in what Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski described as "a clear signal transmitted to the United States." Article Russian drones hit a Coca-Cola factory near Kiev. Zelenski: It's a clear signal for America first appears on Romania TV.
Field Report: Russia Strikes Kyiv, Odesa, and American-Owned Coca-Cola Plant in Overnight Barrage * The Gateway Pundit * by Antonio Graceffo
Russia unleashed another night of drone and missile strikes across Ukraine on September 3rd, damaging critical infrastructure, a major American-owned beverage plant, and residential buildings from Kyiv to Odesa, while wounding dozens of civilians in a barrage that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said caused destruction in thirteen oblasts (states/provinces) in a single night.
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(Agenzia Vista) Kiev, 03 September 2026 ""Today the Russians with their drone hit the Coca-Cola plant. By now the Coca-Cola has become for them such an enemy that they burn it with their Shahed. A clear Russian signal to America. The Russians cannot but know that it is an American enterprise." So the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video message. Courtesy: Volodymyr Zelensky Source: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev
Selenskyy called the attack a "clear Russian signal to America" and declared that Ukraine would prepare "asymmetrical operations" in response.
For the eighth consecutive day, Russian attacks terrorized the Ukrainian capital - The way residents are notified of incoming drones and missiles is changing
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