Russia has already destroyed more than two-fifths of Ukraine’s modern warehouse space as it escalates attacks on economic infrastructure – FT
2.1 million square meters of warehouse capacity have been destroyed as Russian strikes increasingly target the infrastructure Ukraine needs to store and move goods.
Russia has decimated over 40% of Ukraine's modern warehouse space, leaving the country with less than a quarter of its storage capacity, according to the Financial Times. The destruction, amounting to 2.1 million square meters out of the total 5 million, is part of Moscow's expanding air campaign against Ukraine's economy and infrastructure.
Russia is primarily targeting warehouses, distribution centers, railways, fuel stations, and other logistics facilities, moving away from the front line to disrupt supply chains and make it harder for Ukrainians to access essential goods. Ukrainian entrepreneur Ruslan Shostak, founder of retail chains Eva and Varus, reported that around 900,000 square meters of warehouse space has been destroyed in recent months alone.
The loss of warehouse capacity is causing problems for businesses across Ukraine, with Russian strikes hitting facilities belonging to major retailers, pharmaceutical companies, publishers, and logistics operators. One notable incident saw a warehouse belonging to toy retailer Budynok Ihraok destroyed by a jet-powered drone near Kyiv, catching fire before firefighters could intervene amidst ongoing Russian drone attacks.
This forced the company to distribute its inventory among smaller warehouses and its network of 67 stores instead of relying on a single large distribution center. The destruction of large warehouses is pushing companies to rethink their storage and distribution strategies, increasing costs and making supply chains more vulnerable to further attacks.
The attacks are not limited to warehouses; Russian drones have also struck railway infrastructure in western Ukraine and fuel stations farther from the front line, disrupting the movement of goods even if they do not directly destroy the businesses producing them. Overall, these strikes are part of Russia's broader long-range air campaign against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, putting strain on the systems that keep the country's economy functioning during the war.
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