The administration of Donald Trump has not issued any public condemnation of the Russian bombings against American corporate facilities in Ukraine, while simultaneously pressuring Kiev to stop attacking Russian refineries, according to an investigation by CNN published this Wednesday.
Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, confirmed that Russian drones and missiles have damaged facilities of iconic brands such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, McDonald's, and Oreo in recent months, in an unprecedented escalation.
"This is a direct attack with drones and missiles, and they continue to do so. This sends the message that they are targeting American companies. We are not seeing any response from the White House," Hunder stated.
The attacks have followed with an alarming frequency. At the beginning of September, a Russian drone struck the Coca-Cola plant in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky described the strike as a "clear signal" directed at Washington: "It's impossible for the Russians to ignore that this is a U.S. initiative."
Weeks later, another drone destroyed a logistics warehouse of McDonald's in the Kyiv region. The company confirmed the attack and announced that its restaurants are operating with a reduced menu. By the end of August, PepsiCo had acknowledged damage at a production plant in the Mykolaiv region, although there were no fatalities.
The Ukrainian mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported on October 7 that, since the beginning of 2026, more than ten facilities of American companies —including Bunge, Coca-Cola, Mondelez, and PepsiCo— had been hit by Russian attacks.
The contrast with Trump's stance is striking. While the White House remains silent in the face of these bombings, it has threatened to cut off intelligence and ammunition supplies to Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its attacks on Russian refineries, arguing that such actions drive up fuel prices in the United States.
Last Friday, Trump also announced an agreement to lift sanctions and purchase diesel from Russia, defying current U.S. legislation. Then on Saturday, he proclaimed an "immediate energy ceasefire" between both countries, an initiative that Moscow did not formally confirm and that did not stop the bombings: Zelenski denounced that Russia attacked six Ukrainian energy facilities on the same day.
Trump's diplomatic efforts have also failed to persuade Moscow to abandon its invasion. His emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow in early September with a 19-point peace framework, and then to Kiev. Trump spoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin on September 8 urging him to end the war soon.
A 72-hour pause in airstrikes was agreed upon, but the bombings resumed without any concrete results.
An exalted official from the State Department explained to CNN the institutional paralysis: "There are a lot of people in the official circles of Washington who think that the only ones who can speak about Ukraine are Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and that if it's not one of these two, then we should stay out of it."
The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine sent a meeting request to Witkoff and Kushner to inform them about the attacks on American businesses, but received no response.
"We have not received any response regarding this," Hunder stated, who also warned: "Any company, any business, wants to have some form of protection. One would expect their government to support them and fight alongside them, especially when it comes to foreign forces attacking American businesses."
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