Attacks on Ukraine and Russia come amid Trump’s attempts to bring the war to a close.
A Russian drone and missile attack on western Ukraine on Aug. 21 struck several targets, including an American-owned electronics factory, Ukrainian authorities said.
The factory, owned by Flex Ltd., opened in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, in 2012 and employs more than 2,600 people, according to the Kyiv Independent. It is responsible for around 1 percent of the company’s global revenue, according to the newspaper.
“On the morning of August 21, 2025, our facility in Mukachevo, Ukraine, was damaged during a missile strike. Our emergency protocols were executed to ensure the full evacuation of the site,” Flex said in a statement.
“A few employees and contractors were injured during the strike and remain in the hospital. Flex is providing full support to them and their families, and we are engaging with our relevant U.S. Government officials and agencies.”
Flex said the facility is “dedicated to consumer and lifestyle products and has no role, past, or present in military or defense production.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that “the Russians knew exactly where they lobbed the missiles.”
In Mukachevo, the Russians practically burned down an American company producing electronics—home appliances, nothing military. The Russians knew exactly where they lobbed the missiles. We believe this was a deliberate attack against American property and investments in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/1TiadwmAqk
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 21, 2025
“We believe this was a deliberate attack against American property and investments in Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote. “A very telling strike, as is this entire massive attack, right as the world awaits a clear answer from the Russians, an answer on negotiations to end the war.”
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said in a Telegram post that its armed forces “carried out six group strikes with high-precision weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles” between Aug. 16 and Aug 22, “during which Ukraine’s military-industrial enterprises and the energy facilities that ensure their operation were hit” were destroyed.
On Friday, Russia said that an energy facility at Unecha in Russia’s Bryansk region, through which the Druzhba oil pipeline runs, was set alight as a result of Ukrainian missile and drone attacks. Regional governor Alexander Bogomaz later said the fire had been extinguished.
Earlier on Friday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that oil supplies via the pipeline had been halted due to an attack.
By Guy Birchall
