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Posted on February 21, 2026
2 min readLast updated: April 3, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleUkraine’s foreign minister says a Russian missile hit Mondelez’s Oreo plant in Trostianets on Feb 21, 2026, damaging a production building. No casualties; Oreo output there had only resumed in 2024.
Feb 21 (Reuters) - An Oreo cookie plant in eastern Ukraine was struck by a Russian missile on Saturday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a post on X, the second time the factory has been damaged since the war began in 2022.
No one was killed, but a production building was damaged, Sybiha wrote. The facility, located in Trostyanets, is owned by snack giant Mondelez International.
The Chicago-based company, which also makes Ritz crackers, Toblerone chocolate and Trident gum, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday evening. The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment overnight on Saturday.
"When Russian missiles hit such sites, they are not only targeting Ukraine," Sybiha wrote. "They are targeting American business interests in Europe."
The same factory was badly damaged in 2022 during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The plant partially reopened in 2023 to make chocolate and then resumed manufacturing Oreos in 2024.
Mondelez has faced criticism for continuing business operations in Russia during the war.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax and Andrea Shalal;Editing by Noeleen Walder and Paul Simao)
A Russian missile strike on Feb 21, 2026 damaged Mondelez’s Oreo factory in Trostianets, Ukraine, the second time the site has been hit since the war began in 2022.
The facility is owned by Mondelez International. It recently resumed Oreo production in 2024 after rebuilding, so new damage raises operational and supply-chain risks.
No deaths were reported. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said such strikes also target American business interests in Europe, underscoring wider economic implications.
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