Russian Drones Hit Indian-Owned Kusum Pharma Plant in Ukraine’s Sumy, 1 Killed and Several Injured
A Russian drone attack has badly damaged the Sumy pharma plant of India's Kusum group in Ukraine, killing one person and injuring several. Officials said the main structure is mostly destroyed, with losses estimated at INR 400 crore or more.
A large pharmaceutical plant in Ukraine's Sumy owned by India's Kusum group has come under a Russian drone attack, killing one person and injuring several others. Officials said the main structure of the facility has been mostly destroyed, and warned that the casualty and injury figures could change. Visuals of the strike showed a huge plume of smoke rising from the site where the drones hit. The plant had kept operating through the years of the Russia-Ukraine war, but the damage is now estimated at a loss of at least INR 400 crore.
The Kusum group describes itself as a Ukrainian company with Indian roots, and the Sumy facility was among its key manufacturing units outside India.
Indian-Owned Pharma Plant In Ukraine Destroyed In Russian Drone Strike, Loss Over INR 400 Crore
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कुसुम कंपनी की मैनुफैक्चरिंग यूनिट की अलग अलग बिल्डिंग पर आज सुबह से ही रूस की तरफ़ से ताबड़ तोड़ ड्रोन हमले किए गए।
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Who Owns The Kusum Group?
The Kusum group began in 1994 as a distributor exporting Indian medicines to Ukraine. It is currently run by Indian national Rajeev Gupta. In 2002, it stopped distributing other companies' products and started marketing its own brands. It then moved into manufacturing, opening plants in India in 2007 and in Sumy in 2009, followed by two more Indian facilities. Vladimir Putin Says Russia Agreed to US Proposals on Ukraine Peace Deal.
The group makes over 50 mostly generic products and sells them in more than nine countries, chiefly Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and the Philippines. Volodymyr Zelensky Warns of Intensified Russia Attacks As Ukraine Strikes Energy Sites.
Shahed Drone Attacks Continue Across Ukraine
Since the summer, Moscow has been launching dozens of fast and relatively cheap jet-powered Shahed drones into Ukraine every day. Ukrainian air defence teams have struggled to counter them because interceptor drones have proved too slow to catch them.
Ukraine, meanwhile, announced this week the first combat use of its domestically made ballistic missile, the FP-7, which has a range of approximately 250 km.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Oct 04, 2026 01:28 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
