Russian attacks on food warehouses and logistics facilities in Ukraine have caused problems with food deliveries to Kyiv and other cities. Due to damage to infrastructure, some goods may become more expensive.

The Guardian reports on this.

According to the publication, the effects of the strikes are already being felt in retail chains: some items are missing from the shelves of certain stores. At the same time, there is currently no widespread panic buying, such as Ukrainians witnessed at the start of the full-scale war in 2022.

Taras Vysotskyi, Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, reported that the logistics centers of Ukraine’s largest retail chains were destroyed or severely damaged as a result of the latest attacks. Among them are Novus, ATB, Silpo, and Fora.

According to the minister, the current wave of attacks is the largest since the start of the full-scale invasion. While russia previously targeted agricultural export infrastructure and later shifted its focus to the energy sector, the minister estimates that the system for supplying the domestic population is now under attack.

Vysotskyi believes that damage to warehouse infrastructure could add about 2.5% to the cost of food. Business representatives, however, predict a much more significant price increase—in some cases, up to 15%.

One example is the company Bureau of Wine, which operates the Goodwine chain and other premium stores. Its co-founder, Dmytro Krymskyi, said that on September 1, a russian strike destroyed the company’s warehouse near Kyiv. The value of the lost goods is estimated at approximately EUR 4 million.

According to Krymskyi, the main problem lies not only in the physical shortage of products. The business is forced to restructure its storage and delivery systems to reduce its dependence on large warehouse complexes, which are becoming targets for attacks.

Among the possible solutions, the company is considering moving part of its inventory to Poland, using underground facilities, and distributing goods among several smaller warehouses.

Krymskyi predicts that due to the restructuring of logistics, prices may rise by approximately 5%.

This marks the third time the company’s warehouses have been attacked since the full-scale war began. In 2022, an attack destroyed goods worth approximately EUR 15 million, and following the attack in July 2026, the company lost products worth about EUR 1.5 million.

After the most recent strike, about 3,000 pallets of goods remained at the warehouse. It was practically impossible to quickly transport such a large volume of products to a safer location.

Constant air raid alerts posed an additional problem. Because of them, employees could only remain at the facility for about three to four hours a day, which significantly complicated the evacuation of the stockpiles.

As a reminder, Kyiv is stockpiling food and water for vulnerable groups of Kyiv residents in case of emergencies.

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