Sybiha says Russia has attacked 47% of American businesses in Ukraine

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said this in a post on X, Ukrinform reports.

"Russia has been intentionally striking US businesses in Ukraine, including the Boeing office in Kyiv, the Flex plant in Mukachevo, and the Bunge facility in Dnipro. Russia is attacking not only the Ukrainian people but also the American taxpayer. These were strikes against the American economy," the minister said.

Citing data from the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Sybiha noted that 47% of U.S. companies in Ukraine have been damaged by Russian strikes, 57% saw their staff wounded, and 38% had employees killed during the full-scale war.

"While the Kremlin has been proposing a 'reset' in economic relations with the United States to the Trump administration throughout 2025 and early 2026, they simultaneously attacked the Flex Electronics, Boeing, and others. Moscow claims it seeks a 'business-first' relationship with the U.S., but attacking your 'partner's' factories hardly constitutes a 'partnership'," Sybiha said.

In his opinion, the Russian strikes demonstrate that the Kremlin's seemingly lucrative proposals of economic cooperation are, in fact, nothing more than a "Potemkin village" meant to buy time while dismantling American influence in Europe.

By contrast, Ukraine, the foreign minister said, offers mutually beneficial cooperation in areas ranging from rare earth minerals to high-tech, defense cooperation, and drone production.

"We already have success stories and wish to expand them further, including through the Prosperity Plan. A sovereign and free Ukraine with a growing GDP will be a major strategic victory for American interests in Europe, a massive market for American goods and services, and a strategic defeat for Moscow," Sybiha said.

On February 16, U.S. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal emphasized the intensification of Russian attacks on American businesses in Ukraine.