A Russian ballistic missile destroyed a drone factory in Kyiv owned by Terminal Autonomy, a US corporation registered in Delaware, marking the first direct attack on an American enterprise operating in Ukraine. No casualties were reported.
The facility produced strike drones equipped with jam-resistant guidance systems designed for deep strikes into Russian territory. The attack occurred last Friday.
The strike comes amid growing US-Ukraine defense cooperation. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed early July talks with President Donald Trump regarding Patriot system production licenses, and Trump announced at the July 8 NATO summit in Ankara that the United States plans to purchase Ukrainian drones. The Pentagon acknowledged in late July that the US remains far behind Ukraine in drone production capacity.