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Russian Missile Strikes Indian Pharma Firm’s Kyiv Warehouse: Ukraine

Russian Missile Strikes Indian Pharma Firm’s Kyiv Warehouse: Ukraine

New Delhi: A Russian missile struck the warehouse of an Indian pharmaceutical company in Kyiv, Ukraine said today. The country’s embassy in India alleged Russia “deliberately” targeted Indian businesses in Ukraine. “Today, a Russian missile struck the warehouse of Indian pharmaceutical company Kusum in Ukraine. While claiming ‘special friendship’ with India, Moscow deliberately targets Indian businesses – destroying medicines meant for children and the elderly,” Ukraine’s embassy said. Kusum, owned by Indian businessman Rajiv Gupta, is among the largest pharma firms in Ukraine. The company’s products are critical across Ukraine as they ensure availability of basic medicines, sources told NDTV. They said a drone, not a missile, made a direct hit on the warehouse. Before Kyiv’s post, Britain’s ambassador to Ukraine Martin Harris said Russian strikes destroyed a major pharma’s warehouse in Kyiv. Mr Martin, however, also said the attack was carried out by Russian drones, not a missile. “This morning Russian drones completely destroyed a major pharmaceuticals warehouse in Kyiv, incinerating stocks of medicines needed by the elderly and children. Russia’s campaign of terror …

Azerbaijan Airlines Plane May Have Been Shot “Accidentally” By Russia: Report

Azerbaijan Airlines Plane May Have Been Shot “Accidentally” By Russia: Report

New Delhi: The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed near Kazakhstan’s Aqtau on Christmas Day – while en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia – may have been “accidentally struck” by a Russian surface-to-air missile or antiaircraft fire, military experts cited in multiple news reports have suggested. Thirty-eight of the 67 people on board – 62 passengers and five crew – were killed. Among the 29 survivors were two young girls – 11 and 16 years old. An inquiry is ongoing, but aviation experts cited in some foreign media reports, such as those by the Wall Street Journal, Euronews, and news agency AFP, have pointed to holes in the plane’s fuselage, and marks on the tail section, as being consistent with damage from shrapnel from missiles. A video posted on X by Clash Report, which covers military conflicts, showed multiple large holes in the plane’s fuselage, some several inches wide. Very interesting: Shrapnel marks on the fuselage of Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan today. pic.twitter.com/3X5PTIR66E — Clash Report (@clashreport) December 25, 2024 It has …

Russian rockets likely to have entered its airspace, claims Poland | World News

A Russian missile appears likely to have entered the airspace of NATO-member Poland on Friday, a Polish general said, after an unidentified aerial object was spotted in the early morning hours amid a heavy Russian attack on Ukraine overnight. Firefighters work in ruins of a mall damaged in Russia’s most massive missile attack in Dnipro, Ukraine.(AP) General Maciej Klisz, operational commander of the Polish armed forces, said the object most likely spent less than three minutes in Polish airspace and went back over Ukraine. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here “The entire flight path over Polish territory was being monitored,” Klisz told reporters. “At the moment, the scenario that I am recommending is that the missile left Poland’s airspace.” Poland summoned the Russian charge d’affaires and demanded an explanation for the violation of Poland’s airspace by a missile and an immediate halt to such activities, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday evening. Officials from the Russian embassy in Warsaw were not immediately available …