Russian strikes on warehouses cause food shortages in Kyiv - The Guardian

It is known that damage to infrastructure has already led to price increases for some goods by several percentage points, and in some cases - up to 15%.

As The Guardian reports, attacks on food storage facilities and logistics hubs near several cities have already resulted in shortages of certain products in stores. At the same time, sellers and shoppers note that there is currently no mass panic buying like that seen in 2022.

Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Taras Vysotsky, stated that as a result of recent Russian attacks, logistics centers of all leading Ukrainian supermarket networks have been destroyed or severely damaged. This includes Novus, ATB, Silpo, and Fora, according to reports.

"This wave of strikes is the most massive since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. If in 2022 the enemy attacked mainly export-agricultural infrastructure, and in the following years destroyed the energy sector, then the attacks of August-September 2026 are a systemic attack on the internal civilian life support system," said Vysotskyi. He added that the aggressor is deliberately attempting to destroy the logistics infrastructure that ensures food supply.

According to his assessment, strikes on storage facilities could lead to an average price increase of approximately 2.5%. However, business representatives warn of a potentially much greater impact - up to 15% in some cases.

Dmytro Krymskiy, co-founder of Bureau of Wine - which manages several premium retail brands, including Goodwine - reported that one of the warehouses near Kyiv was attacked on September 1, resulting in the destruction of goods worth approximately €4 million.

He explained that any potential price hikes will be linked not so much to a physical shortage of goods, but rather to the need to restructure logistics to make supply chains less vulnerable to Russian attacks.

The company is currently exploring several alternatives, including relocating part of its storage facilities to neighboring Poland, using underground storage, and distributing inventory across multiple smaller sites.

Krymskiy added that businesses can no longer rely on a single large warehouse. His company expects prices to rise by about 5% in response.

This latest attack was already the third to hit the company's warehouses since the start of the full-scale invasion. The first strike in 2022 destroyed goods worth approximately €15 million, and another attack in July 2026 caused losses of €1.5 million.

Krymskiy noted that this latest strike was only a matter of time. About 3,000 pallets were stored at the warehouse, making rapid relocation impossible.

Due to ongoing aerial attacks, staff were only able to work for three to four hours per day, further complicating the movement of supplies.

On August 27, Russian forces launched a massive strike on the logistics infrastructure in the Kyiv region. This damaged or destroyed distribution centers of major retail networks, including Fora, Budynok Ihrashok (House of Toys), and Comfy.