Attacks on JT factory in Ukraine hit twice in September, operations are suspended - Russia

Russia's Ministry of Defense announced on the 7th that it had attacked a factory belonging to a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco (JT) in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. The ministry unilaterally claimed that the factory was being used to manufacture ammunition for the Ukrainian military.

The target of the attack was a cigarette manufacturing factory owned by JT International (JTI), the international division of JT, and the details of the damage are unknown. According to Ukrainian media, it was attacked twice in September, but had already ceased operations at that time. The factory denies producing military supplies.

According to Ukraine's Emergency Situation Agency, Russian forces also attacked an apartment complex in Prilki, Chernihiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine. Fourteen people, including four children, were killed and 50 injured. A Russian military missile reportedly hit a five-story apartment building, causing the upper floors to collapse. So far, 15 people have been rescued from under the rubble.