Russian strikes hit American-connected businesses and other civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, and Volodymyr Zelensky said the White House has not responded publicly. Andy Hunder, head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, said the attacks were “a direct hit with drones and missiles, and they keep hitting them.”
Hunder told the strikes were sending a message that they are targeting American business. He also said, “We’re not seeing any response from the White House.”
Coca-Cola and McDonald’s Ukraine
Zelensky said a drone strike on a Coca-Cola factory outside Kyiv was “a clear signal from Russia to America.” He said the Russians were burning it down with Shaheds, and he said Russian attacks were also aimed at American and other businesses, data centers, internet providers, and “ordinary life in and of itself.”
McDonald's Ukraine said a warehouse operated by one of its logistics partners in the Kyiv region was damaged in a drone attack on 25 September. Later that month, Zelensky said an attack drone destroyed a warehouse used by McDonald’s.
White House silence and ceasefire claims
The attacks landed inside a dispute over whether an energy ceasefire exists in practice. Trump said Monday that an energy ceasefire was in place and told reporters, “Well, they agreed,” but Zelensky told the Warsaw Security Forum via videolink that “If Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire, we will respond” and said any ceasefire must apply “in reality, not just on Truth Social.”
Zelensky also said Moscow struck Ukraine’s power plants and gas facilities after Trump posted that a deal had been reached. He said the strikes were “absolutely clear signals that they have no intention of refraining from strikes on Ukraine.”
Kyiv after five missiles
Zelensky said Ukraine received no early warning from partners about five missiles striking Kyiv, and he said the Russian ballistic missile strike hit civilian infrastructure. He said receiving intelligence from partners on such attacks helps save lives, placing the American-connected strikes inside a wider pattern of pressure on Ukraine’s power and civilian systems.
The open question now is whether the White House issues any response to the strikes on American-connected businesses, while Russian attacks on those sites and Ukraine’s energy network continue to test the gap between public claims of restraint and what hits the ground.
