https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/14/politics/american-businesses-targeted-russia-ukraine-coca-cola-mcdonalds As President Donald Trump and his administration have ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, citing harm to American consumers, they have remained silent on recent Russian strikes on US businesses in Ukraine.Russia has escalated its attacks on facilities tied to American corporations – and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine writ large – over the past several months.According to Andy Hunder, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Russian missiles and drones have damaged facilities belonging to some of America’s most notable brands, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, McDonalds and Oreo.Although Russia has tried to deter successful American business in the past, it’s “nothing we’ve seen like over the last months,” Hunder told CNN.“This is a direct hit with drones and missiles, and they keep hitting them. It’s sending a message that they’re targeting American business. We’re not seeing any response from the White House,” he said.“We need this to stop because these are American interests, American money, American investors that are being hit and are being targeted,” he said. When a Russia drone struck a Coca-Cola factory outside Kyiv in early September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack was a “clear signal” to the US.“Today, the Russians struck a Coca-Cola plant with a drone. Coca-Cola has become such an enemy to them that they’re burning it down with their Shaheds,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address on September 3, referring to “Iranian-designed drones.” “This is a clear signal from Russia to America. The Russians cannot possibly be unaware that this is an American enterprise,” Zelensky added.
Later that month, the Russians used “an attack drone” to destroy a warehouse used by McDonald’s, Zelensky said in a post on X. McDonald’s Ukraine confirmed in a statement that “a warehouse operated by one of our logistics partners in the Kyiv region was damaged in a drone attack on 25 September.”“An attack drone – against ordinary food products,” he wrote. “The Russians are constantly expanding their escalation operation: American and other businesses, data centers, internet providers – for Russia, ordinary life in and of itself is simply a target.”Mcdonald’s offering a reduced menuMcDonald’s Ukraine said that as a result of the damage, its restaurants are offering a reduced menu.PepsiCo acknowledged in a statement in late August that a production facility in the Mykolaiv region was damaged, but there were no casualties.There is not a consensus among the US businesses on the ground about how much they want to talk publicly about being hit “or disclose the fact that they’ve been targeted multiple times,” a former senior State Department official told CNN.“Some businesses do want us to raise this,” Hunder echoed, but others “are treading very carefully.”However, several Democratic US lawmakers have publicly called on the White House to do more to protect American businesses in Ukraine and to call out Moscow’s actions. Ukraine has highlighted the attacks as another reason to step up defense support, so that they can sufficiently shield American companies on the ground.The Chamber of Commerce meets with visiting US lawmakers from both parties when they visit Kyiv, and Hunder told CNN they have asked them to raise the matter with the White House. President Donald Trump spoke out publicly when asked in August 2025 about a Russian strike on a US electronics factory, saying he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he was “not happy about it.”
Still, the relative lack of condemnation on the strikes from the Trump administration stands in contrast to the admonishments to the Ukrainian government about striking Russian energy infrastructure. In February, CNN reported the administration had warned Kyiv that its strikes on a Russian Black Sea oil facility late last year had impacted US investments in Kazakhstan. In recent weeks, Trump has blamed Ukraine’s strikes on Russian diesel facilities for rising fuel prices, which have been driven up by the US-Iran war.Last Friday, he announced a deal to waive sanctions and purchase diesel from Russia, in defiance of US law. The US has also threatened to restrict intel sharing and munitions for Ukraine if Kyiv does not stop those strikes, sources told CNN.Hunder told CNN he has struggled to understand the administration’s relative silence on the matter, particularly given how much they’ve portrayed themselves as pro-US business.“Any company, any business, wants to have some sort of protection. You would expect your government to stand up in your corner and fight the fight with you, especially if it’s a foreign military that is attacking the American companies,” he said.The former senior State Department official noted that “there’s an awful lot of people in ‘official Washington’ who think the only people who can talk about Ukraine are Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and if it’s not one of the two of them, then we need to stay out of it.” As such, it is a challenge to even draw attention to the attacks on US businesses.“The idea that you would get a rationale back” on why the US was silent about the attacks “is not something that people can expect,” they told CNN.Hunder said the American Chamber of Commerce sent a message seeking a meeting with Witkoff and Kushner last month to update them on the state of US business in Ukraine, including the latest hits on American business.“We didn’t get any response on that,” he said.
>>1543158Trump isn't saying anything because he's Putin's bitch and he's a fucking traitor to the nation. He berates Ukraine for attacking Russia and says fucking nothing when Russia attacks Americans. Got all that. But why is Putin bombing US business in the first place?
I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat
>>1543166We already know you're one esl shill, also you're back to spamming NY post propaganda with fake headlines.
>>1543165He isn't saying anything because there isn't much you can do about random corporate subsidiaries getting struck in Ukraine. We need diesel. Russia has it. It's really that simple.
>>1543177>We>>1543176ESL shill wishes they were Russian, then they could be mistaken for being white
>>1543178Yes. "We" as in "America".It's incredible to me that the mods have not yet dealt with you. You just camp here all day ruining every single thread.
>please America, just submit to Russianah, death to all russiansplease, die quickly
>>1543177>We>Russia has itThey don't even have enough for themselves.BTW, Canada has plenty of Diesel to sell too at a much cheaper price, but trump would rather server his master Putin.
>>1543181Canada already sells its diesel, it's not being sanctioned you buffoon. >Russia is importing diesel That's not a supply issue. That's a distribution issue. Diesel prices are at record highs, global consumers need relief. Simple as.
>>1543182Companies need cheap labor, and America can't provide it. Thats why mass immigration is needed to bring in cheap workers to provide low prices. Simple as.
>>1543183Yes, and?
>>1543184So I guess Trumps shitty policies fucked up workers and gas prices. America needs a blue wave to wash out the trash, end the Iran war, and remove the blockers on Canadian Disel
>>1543182I wonder why diesel prices are high.Oh right it's trump's latest war in the middle east.
>>1543185There are no "blockers" on Canadian diesel. If Dems want to campaign on maintaining high diesel prices, they are free to do so.
>>1543186Yes. That is exactly why. What's your point?
>>1543187As they should, the problem is there's a lot of different ways trump will stage his next coup during the midterms.https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-midterms-scenarios/And remember, /news/ correctly predicted trump's coup in 2021.
>>1543189>Derailing the thread
MIGA wants you to keep voting in Republicans that deliberately raise Diesel prices so they can lower diesel prices by making shitty deals with America's enemies.They're that stupid!
>>1543191Dem policy is explicitly based on killing oil and gas. Republican policy is based on dealing with Iran, which will result in temporary price increases. Not really the same thing.
1543192>>They're that stupid!
>>1543190It all comes back to trump being a traitor to American democracy and siding with the enemies like putin.
>>1543193>The Democratic Party's central energy policy is to progressively replace fossil fuels with low- or zero-carbon energy, ultimately targeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.>>1543194No it doesn't. You lost an argument and now your pre-emptively coping about the midterms.
I still don't get why there's such a big problem with sending Israel money. We send more to Ukraine, and they're the most corrupt country in Europe. Israel has the lowest corruption in the region
>>1543195Yes it does, trump is now directly funding putin, who is selling arms to Iran.This means trump is now responsible for any US soldier killed in his latest war of aggression
>>1543195So you're angry that Democrats were supporting an energy policy that would have bypassed the problems created by Trump losing the Iran war?I'll accept your concession
>>1543201>Killing oil and gas >Would result in cheap gas We've literally just had the Biden admin. We know what dem energy policy does to gas prices.
>>1543203Man, its really inconvenient for your shilling that Trump raised gas prices more than post-covid inflation during Biden's term. Can Trump do anything better than Biden? You know, besides being a corrupt pedophile?
>>1543204Prices under trump are still lower than those under Biden.
>>1543199>NPC speakThe absolute state of /pol/
>>1543205trumpflation begs to differ>>1543171
>>1543205but if Trump is only better than Biden at child raping, why doesn't he release the files showing his dominance at raping children? Is Trump ashamed of raping children?
>>1543177>He isn't saying anything because there isn't much you can do about random corporate subsidiaries getting struck in Ukraine. Bullshit. They're deliberately targeting American businesses. If America can't do anything about Americans getting bombed then America is fucking worthless. >We need diesel. Russia has it. It's really that simple.No they fucking don't. That diesel deal Trump's hyping up is like half a day's worth of fuel for the US. And we only need diesel because Trump royally fucked up anyway, don't you forget.
>>1543264>They're deliberately targeting American businessesAre they?>If America can't do anything about Americans getting bombed then America is fucking worthless.American businesses aren't Americans and no there isnt much we can do to stop that retarded war. We tried, but the Russians and Ukrainians insist on being retarded, so it is what it is. >That diesel deal Trump's hyping up is like half a day's worth of fuel for the US. Dropped the price by 5%>And we only need diesel because Trump royally fucked upYou're doing the whole "if you kill your enemies you lose" bit?
>>1543283>>1543264Proof?
>>1543165>But why is Putin bombing US business in the first place?Bullying, pure and simple. Russia knows that they won't receive any pushback from the Trump admin, so they rub their noses in it for kicks.
>>1543307lol. Remind us what year this war began.
>>1543313THIS Obama started this war.
>>1543307Basically this, look at all the times putin has publicly cucked trump and how he's just bent over and took it.
1543177>WeHi, esl shill.You will never be American, 1543179. You will never be a man, eitherYou know all about derailing threads in /news/, 1543190.1543192>killing oil and gasWhich is why Trump bought a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and not a Tesla with an electric motor from Muskhttps://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-buys-red-tesla-model-s-white-house-alongside-elon-musk-i-like-signing-checkhttps://i.postimg.cc/ZKpCR7PT/trump-tesla.jpgAs was said about the crook Nixon decades ago, 'Would you buy a used car from this man?'Others would say it's really the same thing.You have already conceded, but are crying too much to admit it, instead reduced to>I-I-I'm not crying, y-y-you are!.1543190>Derailing the threadLike I say1543195>this is a thread about American businesses being bombed by Russia and not about fuelYou know all about derailing threads in /news/, 1543195.Everyone else in /news/ is crying with laughter at you humiliating yourself, esl shill.
>>1543320Would you buy a used car from this man?https://youtu.be/Oktrp8Nterg
>Would you buy a used car from this man?https://i.postimg.cc/ZKpCR7PT/trump-tesla.jpg>Biden isn't involved in the above, least of all since 20th January 2025, because Joe hasn't been president since then>inb4 the shill with Biden Derangement Syndrome is reduced to whataboutism, as it is here15433331543190>Derailing the thread>>1543231>theguardian.com>>1543242>theguardian.com>The Guardian is a center-left newspaper that supports Labour>UK newspaper The SunWhich, since 5th July 2024, supports Labour.>UK's Labour = US's Democrats, despite any & all claims to the contrary by 1543333Would anyone buy anything 1543333, says, with a dwindling supply of news sources it considers 'credible' in /news/? No_Everyone is crying with laugher as the shill continues to humiliate itself.
>>1543158mhmm
>>1543346Biden isn't president as of January 20th 2025. But history didn't start on that day. He was the guy you voted for, and was the last president of the United StatesThe president doesn't exist in a vacuum, you can compare Trump to Biden, Clinton to Reagan You're allowed to compare people and how they handle the office.
>>1543507and ukraine is allowed to target shills such as you
>>1543511Ukraine targeting American Citizens would be a war crime.
>>1543518esl shill...
>>1543529Proof?Do you have any proof?
>>1543535your name is literally esl shill
Targeting Russian data centers is more than legal, it's justified. Via drones or DDoS. Based Ukraine & Zelenskyy. How the 'Based' meme has bitten you in the ass, rightists. Those you don't like are 'Based' too. UK's PM Andy Basedham. Further proven by Labour winning a by-election last week, and the white right's last best dope... I mean 'hope' in UK - Farage's Refrom UK - came 4th behind the Conservatives.Rightists being electorally targeted and denied of their right to any political power is more than justified, and those who deny rightards of their right to any political power - case in point: the US midterms - are based. Especially Republican voters who have had enough of a Cheeto Mussolini and vengeance vote against that oramge subhuman in favor of the Democrats, thus becoming normal sane humans. They will be forgiven of their sins.Everyone else is crying with laughter at the seething esl shill 1543518.The last decent Republican president was Dwight D. Eisenhower. All other Republican ones since have been inferior to him. Case in point: Trump, officially the worst US president in history.>You're allowed to compare people and how they handle the officeCompared to Eisenhower, every Republican president since him has conclusively proven that it's now more than impossible for any Democrat administration to be worse than Trump's adminifrustration. Certainly after an orange thing that is infinitely inferior to Eisenhower.
>>1543158>Putin's puppet TrumpApparently allies are called puppets now.>bombing American businesses in UkraineNo, they're Ukrainian businesses. If they were American they would be on American soil hiring only Americans.
>Trump is more than just Putin's ally, or would be the first to not only tell Putin, vocally as well as via ultra-draconian economic sanctions, to go fuck himselfThere's a very good reason why Putin has his metaphorical hand up Trump, or Trump would do the above.
