Russia strikes Darnytsia pharmaceutical plant

Russian forces have struck the Darnytsia pharmaceutical plant in Kyiv. No casualties have been reported.

Source: Kateryna Zahorii, a member of Darnytsia's strategic council, on Facebook

Details: "We can confirm that there are no fatalities among the employees," Zahorii wrote.

"For safety reasons and until the competent services have completed their work, we cannot comment on the nature of the damage or its consequences," she added.

Ekonomichna Pravda has learned that one building was destroyed.

"One building has been destroyed, but there will still be medicines," Zahorii said.

Background:

• On the night of 27-28 June, Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Kyiv, damaging Darnytsia, one of the country's largest pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• A Russian attack on 3 September damaged the Biocon logistics complex, one of the country's largest specialised pharmaceutical warehouses, in the Boryspil district in Kyiv Oblast.
• It was previously reported that demand for some medicines has risen in parts of Ukraine, reducing pharmacy stocks, which in some cases may last for only two to three weeks.
• Edem Adamanov, Head of the Ministry of Health's State Expert Centre, said Russian attacks on pharmaceutical warehouses have not caused a shortage of medicines in Ukraine and that pharmacy chains have supplies for one to two months.

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