The American company is Flex -- they only produce civilian items, not any military equipment. Russian airstrikes hit a U.S. factory in western Ukraine NPR - https://tinyurl.com/77whevbv Two Russian cruise missiles slammed into an American electronics factory in a remote corner of far western Ukraine before dawn Thursday, causing extensive damage and more than a dozen injuries, according to Ukrainian officials. The attack came as Russia carried out one of its largest airstrikes of the war, firing more than 570 drones and 40 missiles in an overnight barrage, according to the officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was one of several officials who took to social media to report the airstrike, saying at least 15 people were wounded. In his post on the Telegram messaging app, Zelenskyy called it an "ordinary civilian enterprise, an American investment. They produced such familiar household items as coffee machines." The Ukrainian leader went on to say that the Russian military "delivered this strike as if nothing had changed at all. As if there were no efforts by the world to stop this war." The company that was hit, Flex, produces civilian electronic components and products with more than 100 offices and factories worldwide. The company was founded in the U.S., is listed on NASDAQ, and has headquarters in both Austin, Texas, and Singapore. Flex did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. Videos on social media showed thick black smoke rising from the company's plant in the town of Mukachevo, near the border with Hungary. Some 600 workers were on the job when the missiles struck before 5 a.m., said Myroslav Biletskyi, head of the regional military administration. Before the attack, they heeded the air raid sirens and took cover in secure areas, he noted, or the casualty toll would have been much higher. He said about one-third of the massive plant burned down. "This enterprise exclusively produced household appliances. It never produced any military equipment," Biletskyi said, adding that Flex had been operating at the site since 2012. "Russia continues to destroy and humiliate U.S. businesses in Ukraine, targeting companies that invest and trade on the U.S. stock markets," Andy Hunder, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, wrote on X. He said the factory was one of the largest U.S. investments in Ukraine by a private company. Russia did not say why the plant was targeted. Russia attacks western Ukraine less frequently than other areas. But the region was the focus of Russia's overnight barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles. Ukraine's military said it shot down most of the incoming weapons, but some managed to get through. One civilian was killed in Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine, the military added. (More at above url)
Kazshmire... if you were smart you'd have already sent your sister over here to be my maid. I'll hate to see what happens when some of our less gentlemanly NATO brothers from some of the Eastern Euro-States hit the bars outside of Moscow on the takeover.