New Delhi: Ukraine had claimed a few days ago that a Russian missile had struck the warehouse of a major Indian pharmaceutical company in Kyiv to destroy “medicines meant for children and the elderly.”
On Thursday, the Russian Embassy in India denied Ukraine’s accusation that the warehouse of Kusum Healthcare had been hit by Russia.
Claiming that Russian Armed Forces did not attack or plan to attack Kusum Healthcare’s pharmacy warehouse in the eastern part of Kiev on April 12, 2025, the Russian side present a completely different picture.
“Russian tactical aviation struck unmanned aerial vehicles and missile forces hit an aviation plant of the Ukrainian military industrial complex, infrastructure of a military airfield and armoured vehicle repair and UAV assembly workshops at a completely different location on that day,” the Russian side said.
Not only that, the Russian embassy went on to add that the “most likely explanation of the incident is that one of Ukrainian air defence missiles fell on Kusum Healthcare’s warehouse, setting it on fire.”
Russia also said that “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.”
In a post on X, the Embassy of Ukraine had said on Saturday: “Today, a Russian missile struck the warehouse of Indian pharmaceutical company Kusum in Ukraine. While claiming ‘special friendship’ with India, Moscow deliberately targets Indian businesses – destroying medicines meant for children and the elderly.”
