Russia Keeps Bombing US Businesses in Ukraine as Mondelēz Factory Becomes the Latest Target

As of the morning of February 22, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Russia had struck the production facilities of the American company Mondelēz International in Ukraine.

“Russia has struck yet another American business in Ukraine—a civilian production facility of Mondelēz in Trostianets, Sumy region—one of the first major US investments in Ukraine’s independent economy,” said Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha. “A missile hit one of the production buildings. Fortunately, there were no casualties.”

The factory, which produces sweets for Ukrainian consumers, has operated in Ukraine since the 1990s.

Strikes on American businesses in Ukraine began at the outset of the full-scale invasion in 2022. For example, during the occupation of parts of the Kyiv region, Russian forces damaged production facilities belonging to Coca-Cola. At the same time, American companies suspended operations in southern Ukraine. In the Mykolaiv region, PepsiCo halted production due to the threat of Russian attacks. A year later, their production site in Kyiv was damaged in Russian shelling.

American civilian manufacturing sites are hardly accidental targets. For instance, a large factory operated by Philip Morris International is located in the middle of a field in the Kharkiv region—making the notion of an accidental strike nearly impossible to imagine. The factory has been hit multiple times over the past four years.

Another similar case involves production facilities of the American company Flex located in Mukachevo, approximately 1,000 kilometers from Russia’s borders. This suggests that Moscow ordered a deliberate strike on that specific plant. Two cruise missiles were used to hit the facility. Flex provides electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM), assembling consumer electronics—not military equipment.

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Ukraine states that approximately 47% of American businesses operating in Ukraine have suffered damage from Russian strikes over the four years of war. This includes destroyed warehouses, damaged buildings, and injured employees.

For example, in 2025, Boeing's office was damaged. Employees were not injured as drones attacked the building at night.

This winter, a Bunge factory in Dnipro was struck. In Ukraine, the company is best known for its Oleina cooking oil brand—one of the market leaders in its category, produced in the country for several decades. As a result of the strike, hundreds of tons of oil were lost.

AmCham says 57% of American companies have had employees injured, while 38% have lost staff members during the full-scale war.

“While the Kremlin has been proposing a ‘reset’ in economic relations with the United States to the Trump administration throughout 2025 and early 2026, they simultaneously attacked Flex Electronics, Boeing, and others,” Sybiha said. “Moscow claims it seeks a ‘business-first’ relationship with the US, but attacking your ‘partner’s’ factories hardly constitutes a ‘partnership.’ These strikes demonstrate that the Kremlin’s seemingly lucrative proposals of economic cooperation are, in fact, nothing more than a ‘Potemkin village’ meant to buy time while dismantling American influence in Europe.” 

Strikes on businesses by Russian drones and missiles confirm that Moscow is not guided by military logic in prosecuting the war; its primary objective is total destruction. That is why residential buildings, energy infrastructure, water supply systems, factories, food warehouses, and other civilian facilities continue to come under attack.

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