Posted on 08/21/2025 7:52:42 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A massive Russian airstrike hit a US-owned electronics factory in Ukraine early Thursday while some 800 civilians were working there.
The Flex Ltd. plant in Mukachevo, a city hundreds of miles from the front line, was engulfed in flames after being hit by two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles around 4:30 a.m., according to Ukrainian officials.
The factory was not involved in the war and was just one casualty as “hundreds of drones, as well as hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles, targeted civilian and energy infrastructure” in the latest Russian bombardment, Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andriy Sybiha, wrote on X.
“One of the missiles hit a major American electronics plant in our westernmost region, causing severe damage and casualties. This is a completely civilian facility with no connection to defense or the military,” he added.
Dramatic photos and videos shared on social media show huge plumes of black smoke rising from the damaged plant.
Some 800 night-shift employees were on site at the time, but had been moved to designated shelters once an air raid siren sounded, according to reports.
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You think that Trump’s actually going to see it that way?
LOL!
All part of the propaganda war... I agree with you.
The interpreter is a vampire. No ageing.
According to excerpts I’ve read here on FR, oil refineries that normally supply gasoline to Russian consumers in Moscow and elsewhere have been hit hard.
The Flex factory might have had flexible printed circuit manufacturing equipment suitable for drone production. This equipment would be subject to confiscation for drone electronic circuit production.
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“Not involved in the war” What an asinine statement. Only someone from NYC would push such bullshitte.
If you are in a war zone, within national boundaries, you are involved. Doesn’t necessarily make you a valid target (think hospital) but if you get hit you have only yourself to blame.
I love how the Democrats swarm back over here from under their rocks (like The Zeeping Room) every time they detect what could be a glimmer of hope for their war to continue indefinitely.
“Oh, goody! More bloodshed and violence! We never want it to stop! Yonka blonka honnnk!”
It’s like watching a pendulum swing. “We hate Donald Chamberlain Trump! Putin’s best buddy!” “We love Trump! He just barked at Putin again!”
Ghoulish people dancing in the blood of others. I’m glad there aren’t any of these people in my life.
But they’re entertaining in the way that monkeys or clowns can be.
A map has a Robota location north of the Flex factory.
“Precision RTK GPS, Drone Mapping Solutions & Geospatial Tools”
It may not be the same Robota.
“Rebuild it as a drone factory.”
What makes you think it wasn’t? The US government has been lying to people, and getting caught slowly, about US resources all over the world to include the Ukraine for years.
Following the September 11 attacks of 2001 and subsequent war on terror, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established a “Detention and Interrogation Program” that included a network of clandestine extrajudicial detention centers, officially known as “black sites”, to detain, interrogate, and often torture suspected enemy combatants, usually with the acquiescence, if not direct collaboration, of the host government. Admitted locations include Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania, and Thailand.
An estimated 50 prisons spanning 28 countries have been used to hold detainees, in addition to at least 25 more prisons in Afghanistan and 20 in Iraq. It is estimated that the U.S. has also used 17 ships as floating prisons since 2001, bringing the total estimated number of prisons operated by the U.S. and/or its allies to house terrorist suspects since 2001 to more than 100.
The government works at the speed of secrecy and has since before the 1900’s.
wy69
You hate Trump, snek.
Perfectly normal and sounds like a legitimate target.
Only a Zeeper wold post this.
My first thought
That Putin, what a kidder. Great guy that wants peace. Great relationship with him.
Marvin the Martian says, “Oooo that makes me so mad! Where is my Illudium Q36 space moduclator?” How about punishing tariffs instead? That’ll teach them!
The plant began operation in 2012. Ukraine is a big country and the people have to carry with their lives on whether they are under invasion or not. They can't all just hunker down in their basements.
Thank God the sirens saved many lives!
USA company should build in USA.
probably a democrat co,
they knew the risks.
no biggie
The war is still going on. They may have been making things for drones for Ukraine. Or the Russians may have thought they were making munitions. These things will happen until there is a real peace conference.
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