An Indian pharmaceutical company’s warehouse in Kyiv came under attack during a missile strike by Russian forces, the Ukrainian embassy in Delhi reported on Saturday. Despite Moscow's claimed special ties with India, the embassy highlighted deliberate targeting of Indian businesses. The devastated warehouse belonged to Kusum, a leading Indian pharmaceutical company.
What did the Ukrainian embassy say?
In a social media post on platform X, Ukraine's embassy in India tweeted, 'Today, a Russian missile hit the warehouse of Indian pharmaceutical company Kusum in Ukraine. Despite asserting a special friendship with India, Moscow is intentionally targeting Indian businesses, destroying medications made for children and the elderly.'
So far, the Indian government or pharmaceutical company Kusum have not confirmed the attack.
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