(21 Aug 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mukachevo, Ukraine – 21 August 2025
1. Fire truck driving by ++MUTE++
2. Various of damaged factory building ++MUTE++
3. Firefighter walking ++MUTE++
4. Damaged structures ++MUTE++
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Hunder, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine:
"So this is one of the safest places in Ukraine over the last nearly four years. This has been a really safe place and today overnight we saw Russian missiles directly target American business."
6. Damaged building ++MUTE++
7. Damaged cars ++MUTE++
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Hunder, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine:
"This shows that Russia does not want peace. Russia is intending to continue the destruction, the death and destroying Ukraine. And that’s very, very concerning. And this is something we want President (Donald) Trump to see, to understand that Russia is destroying American business in Ukraine, Russia is destroying Ukraine, and those values that America has stood for and that it continues to stand for."
9. Destroyed minivan, debris ++MUTE++
10. Various of damaged factory building ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight, officials said Thursday, striking targets including an American-owned electronics plant and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year-old war.
The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia’s biggest this year and came amid Moscow’s objections to key aspects of proposals that could end the fighting following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of its neighbor.
The Flex factory is one of the biggest American investments in Ukraine, Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, told The Associated Press.
"Russia is destroying American business in Ukraine, Russia is destroying Ukraine, and those values that America has stood for and that it continues to stand for," Hunder said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested in his nightly video address that Russia had been purposely targeting American investments in Ukraine.
"We believe that it was a targeted strike specifically on American property here in Ukraine, on American investments," he said.
Zelenskyy condemned the attack amid a renewed diplomatic push for peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday.
But Russia has fired nearly 1,000 long-range drones and missiles at Ukraine since Monday’s White House talks, according to Ukrainian tallies.
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