According to a statement by the Ukrainian Embassy in India, a Russian missile in Ukraine was hit in a warehouse of the Indian Pharmaceutical Society in Ukraine on Saturday.
In a contribution to the social media, Russia accused Russia of deliberate focus on Indian companies in Ukraine, despite its demands on maintaining “special friendship” with India, as the PTI states.
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“Today, the Russian missile hit the warehouse of the Indian pharmaceutical company Kusum in Ukraine,” the Ukrainian embassy said.
“While Moscow claims that” special friendship “with India intentionally focuses on Indian businesses – destroys drugs intended for children and seniors,” she said in a post on X.
There were no further details of the strike immediately.
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All you need to know about “Kusum”
According to the official website, the company Kusum Healthcare PVT LTD was founded in 1997. The health company is a fully export pharmaceutical company based in Nový Dilli, India. The company launched its production trip in 2007 with the Bhiwadi, Rajasthan Formulation plant, and later expanded with a fully automated device in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, in 2018 to strengthen domestic production.
Kusum Healthcare operates in 28 countries, including regions such as the European Union, Mexico, Ukraine, CIS nations (such as Moldova, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan), Mea Country (including Sae, Kenya, Coast of Evony, others), India and Asean and ASEAN (such as Mongolia, Malaya and more).
NDTV said he quoted sources that Kusum was a leading pharmaceutical company in Ukraine, owned by Indian entrepreneur Rajiv Gupta, plays an important role in the supply of basic drugs across the country. They said the warehouse was hit directly by a drone, not a rocket, NDTV reported.
Previously, the British ambassador to Ukraine Martin Harris said that Russian strikes destroyed the main pharmaceutical warehouse in Kiev.
He said Russian drones had an attack.
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“This morning, Russian drones completely destroyed the main warehouse of drugs in Kiev and burned supplies of medicines needed by older and children. The Russian terrorist campaign against Ukrainian civilians continues,” Harris said on the X.
On its website, Kusum Healthcare said it has a presence in 29 countries, including Ukraine, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Kenya, Casting of Ensons, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Niger, Cameroon, Mali and Tanzania.
In the last few days, Russia has been pounding several goals in Ukraine, although the US has promoted a ceasefire between Kiev and Moscow.
The American envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Friday to discuss the ceasefire in Ukraine.
Saturday means exactly a month since Russia refused to accept a complete interim ceasefire designed by the US.
When Russia maintained its offensive against Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andria Sybiha claimed that Russia was “the only obstacle to peace”.
Sybiha, with reference to Míru interviews in Jeddah, said that Ukraine agreed with the proposal for a ceasefire.
“Russia refused to agree, instead submitted conditions and requirements,” he said.
From March 11 to April 11, Russia fired nearly 70 missiles of different types, more than 2,200 drones and more than 6,000 led air bombs, he said.
While Moscow claims “special friendship” with India, he intentionally focuses on Indian businesses.
“These were Russian reactions to peace proposals,” Sybiha said.
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