Russia denies strike on Indian pharma warehouse in Kyiv

Russia on Thursday dismissed Ukraines accusation that its military attacked the warehouse of an Indian pharmaceutical company in KyivThe Russian Embassy in India suggested that it was likely one of Ukraines own air defence missiles that hit the facility operated by Kusum HealthcareEarlier the Ukrainian Embassy in India had claimed that a Russian missile struck the Kusum Healthcare warehouse accusing Moscow of deliberately targeting Indian businessesA Russian missile struck the warehouse of Indian pharmaceutical company Kusum in Ukraine While claiming special friendship with India Moscow deliberately targets Indian businessdestroying medicine meant for children and elderly it said in a post on XIn response to the accusations spread by the Embassy of Ukraine in India the Russian Embassy in New Delhi informs that the Russian Armed Forces did not attack or plan to attack on April 12 2025 Kusum Healthcarersquos pharmacy warehouse in the eastern part of Kiev pictwittercomW9HifHREnzmdash Russia in India RusEmbIndia April 17 2025Responding to the allegations on X the Russian Embassy stated The Russian Armed Forces did not attack or plan to attack on April 12 Kusum Healthcares pharmacy warehouse in the eastern part of Kiev On that day Russian tactical aviation strike unmanned aerial vehicles and missile forces hit an aviation plant of the Ukrainian military industrial complex the infrastructure of a military airfield and armoured vehicle repair and UAV assembly workshops at a completely different locationThe Russian Embassy blamed Ukraines ineptly operated electronic warfare systems and suggested that a misfired Ukrainian air defence missile could have caused the damageThe most likely explanation of the incident is that one of the Ukrainian air defence missiles fell on Kusum Healthcares warehouse setting it on fire Similar cases have occurred previously whereby Ukrainian air defence interceptors failing to hit their targets fell in urban areas due to ineptly operated electronic warfare systems the embassy saidIt reiterated that Russian forces have never targeted civilian facilities and further alleged It should also be noted that it has become customary for the Ukrainian military to deploy air defence systems rocket launchers artillery pieces and other military equipment in urban areas using civilians as a human shieldThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params