Indian-run Kusum pharma plant in Ukraine destroyed in Russian drone attacks, 1 killed: Report

Indian-run Kusum pharma plant in Ukraine destroyed in Russian drone attacks, 1 killed: Report

A pharmaceutical plant in Ukraine’s Sumy region, owned by India’s Kusum Group, was targeted in a Russian drone strike, leaving one person dead and several others injured, NDTV reported.

Six people were injured as a result of these attacks,” he said. The attack caused extensive damage to the main structure of the facility, which was reported to be largely destroyed.

Officials said the number of casualties and injured could change as the assessment of the incident continues. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the “Russian attack” in a post on X and expressed his condolences to the family and loved ones of the person killed in the strike. “This morning, the Russians once again struck the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv with a drone. They attacked an ordinary pharmaceutical warehouse in Sumy with drones. Tragically, one person was killed. My condolences to the family and loved ones. In Dnipro, they struck a communications facility.