4 Injured in Kyiv Oblast as Russian Drones Reportedly Strike Pharmaceutical Warehouse
Officials said the strike set warehouse and production sites ablaze and injured four people, including an 8-year-old girl.
- On Friday, Oct 2, a Russian drone attack struck warehouses in the city of Hostomel, Kyiv Oblast, sparking large fires at the industrial facility.
- Russian forces have systematically targeted Ukraine's pharmaceutical supply chain since October 2025, launching repeated strikes against major storage facilities including Optima-Pharm, Universal Logistic, and BaDM.
- Kyiv Oblast Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko reported four people, including an 8-year-old girl, suffered injuries in the attack, which reportedly struck a warehouse belonging to Venta LTD.
- Despite the destruction, Ukraine's Ministry of Health stated no systemic medicine shortages exist across the country, as distributors have restructured logistics to disperse medical supplies across multiple storage sites.
- Russian drone strikes have intensified against the capital region since August, including a separate drone strike on the Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River earlier Friday, marking the fourth such incident.
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In the night Russia launched a drone attack on the city of Hostomel, in the capital's oblast, hitting some warehouses and hurting four people (ANSA)
4 injured in Kyiv Oblast as Russian drones reportedly strike pharmaceutical warehouse
Russia launched a drone attack on the city of Hostomel in Kyiv Oblast on the evening of Oct. 2, striking warehouses and reportedly injuring four people, including a child, officials reported.
A warehouse of one of the largest pharmaceutical distributors in Ukraine – the company “Venta” – caught fire in the Kiev region. The fire broke out on the evening of October 2, UNIAN reports. The warehouse complex stored products of international and Ukrainian manufacturers, including Bayer, Sanofi, Pfizer, Teva, “Darnitsa” and “Farmak”. Data on the quantity of affected medicines, the area of the fire or the value of the destroyed products have …
Russian Strike Hits Major Pharmaceutical Distributor's Warehouse Near Kyiv, Fifth Such Attack in a Month
A warehouse belonging to Venta, one of Ukraine’s largest pharmaceutical distributors, caught fire near Kyiv following a Russian strike, UNIAN reported on October 2.
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One of the victims had to be hospitalized in the evening of 2 October as a result of an attack by Russian drones on the Gostomelle in Kiev province, four of whom were injured by an 8-year-old girl. No one was killed. RBK-Ukraine reported this with reference to the head of Kiev OWA, Timur Tkachenko. 66-year-old man suffered the most serious injuries: his body burns and a closed abdomen injury. He was taken to a local hospital. An 8-year-old girl …
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