Andy Hunder
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@AndyHunder
President, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine @ChamberUkraine
Another brutal night in Kyiv. Russian missiles again targeted the capital. Neighborhoods are waking up to damage and destruction. I’m sitting at home on this Sunday with no electricity - making coffee on a small camping gas stove. This is daily life in Ukraine. Last night a Russian ballistic missile targeted and hit the American Oreo factory in northern Ukraine — an American business operating here, investing here, standing here. It was targeted and destroyed. This isn’t just an attack on Ukraine. It’s a message. Russia is not only attacking cities - it is targeting and humiliating US & international business, Western investment, and the very idea that Ukraine has the right to build, grow, and partner freely with the world. Next week is the fourth anniversary of this brutal full-scale war. Four years of missiles. Four years of blackouts. Four years of loss. And yet Kyiv stands. Ukraine stands. And we stand united. We are tired, yes. But we are not broken. We rebuild. We continue. To everyone who continues to support Ukraine - thank you. Your support matters more than ever.
Today, Russia struck another American business in Ukraine—a civilian production facility of Mondelez in Trostianets—one of the first major U.S. investments in Ukraine’s independent economy. The missile hit one of the production buildings. Fortunately, there were no casualties. This is not a military target, but a factory that has operated since the 1990s, producing globally known brands, employing Ukrainians, contributing to our and American economy. When Russian missiles hit such sites, they are not only targeting Ukraine. They are targeting American business interests in Europe. Moscow cannot speak of economic dialogue with the United States while attacking U.S.-owned production facilities. Targeting peaceful industry is not warfare — it is deliberate economic terror. Accountability must follow.
Today, Russia struck another American business in Ukraine—a civilian production facility of Mondelez in Trostianets—one of the first major U.S. investments in Ukraine’s independent economy. The missile hit one of the production buildings. Fortunately, there were no casualties. This is not a military target, but a factory that has operated since the 1990s, producing globally known brands, employing Ukrainians, contributing to our and American economy. When Russian missiles hit such sites, they are not only targeting Ukraine. They are targeting American business interests in Europe. Moscow cannot speak of economic dialogue with the United States while attacking U.S.-owned production facilities. Targeting peaceful industry is not warfare — it is deliberate economic terror. Accountability must follow.
Putin is "directly and purposefully" attacking US businesses in Ukraine: Democratic senators trib.al/HJZPe3W
Russia has been intentionally striking US businesses in Ukraine, including the Boeing office in Kyiv, the Flex plant in Mukachevo, and the Bunge facility in Dnipro. Russia is attacking not only the Ukrainian people but also the American taxpayer. These were strikes against the American economy. American @ChamberUkraine reports that 47% of US companies in Ukraine have been damaged by Russian strikes, 57% saw their staff wounded, and 38% had employees killed 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 the Flex Electronics, Boeing, and others. 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. To the contrary, Ukraine offers mutually beneficial cooperation in areas ranging from rare earth minerals to high-tech, defense cooperation, and drone production. We already have success stories and wish to expand them further, including through the Prosperity Plan. A sovereign and free Ukraine with a growing GDP will be a major strategic victory for American interests in Europe, a massive market for American goods and services, and a strategic defeat for Moscow.
