Russia strikes Kharkiv publisher, setting textbooks ablaze at warehouse
Russian forces attacked the Ranok publishing house in Kharkiv on Aug. 1, causing a warehouse fire that set textbooks ablaze, publishing house CEO Viktor Kruhlov said.
On August 1, Russian forces targeted the Ranok publishing house in Kharkiv, resulting in a warehouse fire that consumed textbooks. CEO Viktor Kruhlov reported the incident, stating, "Ranok’s warehouse in Kharkiv was hit. Textbooks are burning." The attack followed a drone strike on a gas station in Kharkiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District on July 31, which ignited a fire at the location.
Prior to this, on July 19, a major Russian assault destroyed a Knygolove publishing house warehouse, resulting in the loss of approximately 250,000 books. Svitlana Paveletska, co-founder of Knygolove, expressed her distress, noting that the warehouse contained a significant amount of work by the entire team, including authors, editors, typesetters, and designers.
No casualties were reported. Additionally, a Russian assault on Kyiv on July 2 resulted in the destruction of 800,000 books at a warehouse belonging to the BookChef publisher.
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