Damaged industrial facility in Mukachevo, Ukraine, after a Russian missile strike.
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THE Russians overnight bombed an American factory as they launched a massive missile and drone strike on Western Ukraine.

The aerial onslaught was one of the biggest attacks launched by Moscow – and came less than a week after Putin met Trump for peace talks.

Damaged industrial facility in Mukachevo, Ukraine, after a Russian missile strike.
The site of a Russian strike on an industrial facility in Western UkraineCredit: EPA
Damage to an industrial facility in Mukachevo, Ukraine, following a Russian missile strike.
The strikes targeted Flex Ltd, an American publicly traded multinational companyCredit: EPA
Firefighter battling a fire at a damaged factory.
A firefighter works at the site where a Flextronics factory was hit by a Russian missile strikeCredit: Reuters

The Russian forces launched at least 574 drones and a barrage of 40 missiles across western Ukraine – killing one person and injuring at least 25.

Part of the strikes were directed at Flex Ltd—a U.S.-based publicly traded multinational firm and one of the leading electronics contract manufacturers worldwide.

Russians bombed their 55,000-square-meter Mukachevo plant in Zakarpattia Oblast, which has been peating since 2012.

The plant employs over 2,600 people, The Kyiv Independent reports.

Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed that the strikes aimed at various components of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, including drone manufacturing facilities, storage sites, missile launch zones, and troop gathering locations.

However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting an American company that makes home appliances, lacking any military association.

He said: “The Russians knew exactly where they lobbed the missiles.

“We believe this was a deliberate attack against American property and investments in Ukraine.

“Telling attack, right as the world awaits a clear answer from Russia on negotiations to end the war.”

The attack came as Washington – and its European allies – is trying to strike a peace deal with Moscow.

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Washington is now trying to pressure Moscow to agree to a one-on-one meeting with Zelensky.

There has been increasing pressure on Putin to engage in talks with Zelensky following the White House summit—but the current rhetoric from Russia appears to be stalling tactics that have been used before.

Trump hoped he would be able to convince Putin to stop the bloodshed when he met the dictator in Anchorage.

But since then, little tangible progress has been made towards a peace deal.

Smoke billows over a damaged industrial facility in Mukachevo, Ukraine, after a Russian missile strike.
The plant employs over 2,600 peopleCredit: EPA
Firefighters at the scene of a burning building.
Russian missiles wreaked destruction on the village of Sknyliv on the outskirts of LvivCredit: Reuters
Vladimir Putin speaking at a press conference.
Putin is apparently ready to meet ZelenskyCredit: AFP
Putin and Trump walking and talking.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet on the tarmac in Alaska

Trump’s patience with Putin has been wearing thin – with the President admitting it’s possible that the warmonger “doesn’t want peace”.

In a social media post today, Trump appeared to hint that he is open to Ukraine launching more attacks on Russia.

He suggested that it would be “impossible” for Ukraine to win the war without attacking Russia.

He said: “It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking an invader’s country.

“It’s like a great team in sports that has a fantastic defence, but is not allowed to play offence.

“There is no chance of winning! It is like that with Ukraine and Russia.”

Trump sets deadline

He set a two-week time frame for assessing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Don told Todd Starnes on Newsmax: “I would say within two weeks we’re going to know one way or the other.

“After that, we’ll have to maybe take a different tack.”

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Putin is ready to meet Zelensky only after working through a list of vague “issues”.

Lavrov said: “Our president has repeatedly said that he is ready to meet, including with Mr Zelensky.”

Nevertheless, he stated that the meeting would only be feasible “with the understanding that all issues needing high-level discussion will be thoroughly prepared.”

An unhinged Putin

Putin’s demands throughout the war have remained unchanged.

He insists that Ukraine relinquish control over the eastern Donbas region, abandon aspirations to join Nato, maintain neutrality, and exclude Western forces from the country.

Meanwhile, Zelensky has said he’s ready to meet Putin but only after his allies agree to security guarantees for Ukraine to deter future Russian attacks once the fighting stops.

A group of allies led by Britain and France are putting together a military coalition to support the guarantees.

Once an outline of the security guarantees is agreed upon, Trump would like to see a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader said.

He also warned that both sides were preparing for further fighting. Russia was building up troops on the southern front line and Ukraine was test-launching a new long-range cruise missile, he said.

Putin and Zelenskyy at a meeting.
Zelensky and Putin attend a meeting on Ukraine with French President and German Chancelor at the Elysee Palace in 2019Credit: AFP
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