【#US-owned Factory in Western Ukraine Struck by Missiles#】
According to a report on August 21 by Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao website, Russia launched an attack on a factory owned by US-based Flextronics in western Ukraine, triggering a massive fire and injuring at least 15 people.
The report quoted Bloomberg News Service, stating that Ukrainian authorities said two Russian cruise missiles hit the Flextronics factory in Mukachevo at around 4:40 a.m. local time.
Ukrainian President Zelensky stated on social media, “This is an ordinary civilian enterprise, invested in by the United States, producing daily items like coffee makers.”
Zelensky added, “Russia launched this attack as if nothing has changed, as if there were no global efforts to stop this war.”
It is reported that Flextronics is a globally leading electronic manufacturing services company listed on the US stock market, with factories in 30 countries. The Flextronics factory in Mukachevo has been operating since 2012 and employs thousands of staff.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andre Sabiha posted on social media platform X, “This is not the first time that Russia has attacked a US company in Ukraine. Earlier this year, Russia attacked Boeing offices in Kyiv.”
According to reports, this is the first attack on Mukachevo since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Mukachevo is located in the westernmost part of Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region, about 1000 kilometers from the Russian border and just 40 kilometers from the Hungarian border. The Russia-Ukraine conflict involves multiple parties.