Russian Ballistic Missile Hits US Company Philip Morris Near Kharkiv

A Russian ballistic missile strike damaged warehouse facilities of a civilian manufacturer in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, including a site belonging to an American company, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on January 30.

“We are now recording a reorientation of the Russian army toward strikes on logistics,” Zelenskyy said. “Drone strikes are also continuing against ordinary residential areas in cities,” he added, describing the Kharkiv strike as part of a broader wave of attacks.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the missile hit a warehouse building at a civilian enterprise near Kharkiv, sparking a fire of more than 5,000 square meters and causing major structural damage, with no injuries reported.

Philip Morris Ukraine had confirmed that its factory in Kharkiv was hit in an overnight Russian missile strike, adding that no one was injured because employees on duty were in shelter while emergency services worked at the site.

The strike came a day after Zelenskyy publicly welcomed US efforts to stop attacks on energy infrastructure, saying in his nightly address, “Thank you, America, for the efforts to halt strikes on energy. We hope the United States can make this happen.”

Earlier, it was reported that Russia has deliberately bombed major pharmaceutical supply warehouses across Ukraine, destroying four large medicine storage facilities in recent months and severely disrupting the country’s medical logistics network.

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