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Russian Strikes on Western Assets in Ukraine Send an Ominous Message
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Russian missile strikes on American and European assets in Ukraine signal defiance of peace efforts and willingness to escalate conflict. Analysts interpret this as a test of Western resolve and a coercive tactic.

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Russian Strikes on Western Assets in Ukraine Send an Ominous Message

By Kim Barker and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn

Reporting from Mukachevo, Ukraine

Aug. 31, 2025

The missiles were a shock in this western Ukrainian city spared from much of the war, a place so far from the front lines it does not even have a curfew. When the mayor heard the first strike, he thought it was thunder.

But the target and timing of the cruise missiles were even more surprising. They hit a factory run by an American multinational, best known for making coffee machines, six days after President Trump met President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

“Two hits in one location?” asked Andriy Baloha, the mayor of Mukachevo. “No, they didn’t mess up. They knew exactly where they were hitting.”

A week later, two missiles hit central Kyiv, damaging the offices there of the European Union and the British Council, a cultural organization. Russia typically avoids striking that ar...

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