Kyiv, October 4, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
An Indian-owned pharmaceutical plant in Ukraine’s Sumy was damaged in Russian drone strikes on Sunday, with one person killed and several others reportedly injured, according to Ukrainian officials and media reports.
The main structure of the facility belonging to India’s Kusum Group was reportedly destroyed in the attack. Visuals from the site showed a large plume of smoke rising from the facility after the drones struck, while air raid sirens continued across the city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said one person was killed in the attacks and expressed condolences to the family of the deceased. He said Russian forces had also targeted the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv and a communications facility in Dnipro, where six people were injured.
Zelensky said Russia had launched 135 attack drones against Ukraine overnight, including more than 50 jet-powered drones. According to him, the attacks targeted areas including Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia.
He said the strikes had caused power outages in some communities and urged the international community to hold Russia accountable for what he described as an escalation.
The latest attacks came amid a four-day spell of Russian drone and missile strikes that has damaged infrastructure at several locations in Ukraine, including bridges in Kyiv.
The strikes also coincided with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s surprise visit to Kyiv, during which Germany announced a 1.3-billion-euro support package for Ukraine.
Kusum Group began operations in Ukraine in 1994 as a distributor of Indian medicines. The company, headed by Indian national Rajeev Gupta, later moved into manufacturing and established its Sumy plant in 2009.
The group manufactures more than 50 generic products and markets them in several countries, including Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and the Philippines.
Zelensky said that Russia had used more than 1,900 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 25 missiles against Ukraine during the week, including more than 800 jet-powered drones. The figures could not be independently verified.
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