Russia dismisses Ukrainian claims it attacked Indian warehouse in Kiev

The facility was likely destroyed by “inept” air defenses, according to the Russian embassy in New Delhi

The Russian embassy in India has dismissed Ukrainian allegations of deliberately targeting an Indian pharmaceutical company’s warehouse in Kiev, suggesting that an errant Ukrainian air-defense missile was likely to blame for the destruction of the facility.

The warehouse, belonging to Kusum Healthcare, was destroyed last Saturday during a Russian aerial strike on Ukrainian military industrial and infrastructure sites. Kiev was quick to blame the incident on Moscow. The Ukrainian mission in India claimed the warehouse contained “medicines meant for children and the elderly” and that it had been deliberately targeted by the Russian military.

The message was further amplified by the British ambassador to Ukraine, Martin Harris, who described the destruction of the warehouse as a part of a Russian “campaign of terror against Ukrainian civilians.”

At the time, neither New Delhi nor Moscow responded to the allegations. The Russian embassy elaborated on the matter on Thursday, stating the facility was not among the targets of the strike.

“The Russian Armed Forces did not attack or plan to attack on April 12, 2025, Kusum Healthcare’s pharmacy warehouse in the eastern part of Kiev,” it said in a statement.

❗️In response to the accusations spread by the Embassy of Ukraine in India the Russian Embassy in New Delhi informs that the Russian Armed Forces did not attack or plan to attack on April 12, 2025, Kusum Healthcare’s pharmacy warehouse in the eastern part of Kiev. pic.twitter.com/W9HifHREnz— Russia in India