On August 23, 2026, the Russian army struck the Mondelez International plant in Trostianets, Sumy Oblast. According to RBC-Ukraine, citing Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and the public broadcaster Obshchenne Sumy, drone attacks damaged the factory premises and injured several employees. There are no reported fatalities. The incident was confirmed by the Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office and local public organizations.
Course of the attack and aftermath
As reported by the Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office, five people were injured in the attack on Trostianets. Preliminary assessments record impacts on the enterprise's territory, with damage to the administrative and production buildings. Footage from the scene shows a large fire above the workshop roof and thick black smoke, as well as a firefighting crew directing a water jet into the burning area. According to Yuriy Bova, chairman of the Trostianets community, the injured sustained minor wounds and cuts.
Victims
Among the injured are two men born in 1963 and 1976, and three women born in 1985, 1983, and 1973. All of them sustained, according to preliminary data, minor injuries. The circumstances of the injuries and the exact number of impacts are being clarified, according to the prosecutor's office.
Kyiv's position: a strike on American interests
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha stated that Russia's systematic and deliberate attacks on American business interests in Ukraine demonstrate that Russian aggression is not only a threat to Ukraine but also a direct blow to American economic interests in Europe. In his words, the counter-strategy remains unchanged — increasing military support for Ukraine, in particular strengthening air defense capabilities, and applying maximum pressure on Moscow, including the adoption of the late Senator Graham's sanctions law against Russia.
About the enterprise
The Mondelez International plant in Trostianets is one of the largest confectionery producers and the only purely chocolate factory in Ukraine with a full production cycle, from cocoa bean processing to packaging and shipment of finished products. The enterprise produces 138 product lines, sold on the domestic market and exported to Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. In Trostianets, the factory produces Korona, Milka, and MaxFan chocolate, Barni biscuits, and Tuc, Oreo, and Belvita cookies. Separately, the Jacobs Douwe Egberts enterprise operates on the factory grounds, packing Jacobs and Carte Noire coffee.
Contradictory data
The original sources contain a discrepancy in the number of strikes: one report states that two drone impacts hit the factory, while the prosecutor's office preliminarily records three impacts. The text of the report on the victims also contains the spelling "Trostianka" instead of the correct "Trostianets." These discrepancies in figures and toponymy require clarification, so the exact number of attacks and impacts remains preliminary at the time of publication.
Context: not the first strike
Recall that in early 2026 Russia had already struck this same Mondelez plant in Trostianets — at that time a missile damaged one of the production buildings, with no casualties. The repeated attack on a facility that produces goods for dozens of countries strengthens Kyiv's argument about the deliberate targeting of not only Ukrainian but also foreign industrial infrastructure.
