{
  "id": 27984,
  "title": "Russia strikes Kharkiv publisher, setting textbooks ablaze at warehouse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/russia-strikes-kharkiv-publisher-setting-textbooks-ablaze-at-warehouse",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-01T14:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-strike-hits-ranok-publishing-house-in-kharkiv-igniting-textbooks-50629042.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}