[UPDATED: Sept. 3, 9:45 pm
, Kyiv time. Okwine’s and Wine Hunters’s estimate of damages added]
Russian forces destroyed the central warehouse of Okwine, Ukraine’s largest chain of wine retailers, overnight Sept. 1-2. The facility in Kyiv was also owned by Wine Hunters, a company that imports and distributes alcohol and food products. This is another strike by Russian forces amid a series of massive recent attacks on Ukraine’s civilian logistics and retail sector. Around 90% of warehouses of retail chains have already been destroyed, Ukrinform reported, citing Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Okwine and Wine Hunters estimate their damages at Hr. 600 million ($13.3 million), the company announced on Facebook on September 3, the day after their warehouse was hit. Okwine had started to recover and restock its inventory after the first strike on the night of July 1-2, the company reported on Instagram. There were no casualties among the team. “We have neither the strength, the capacity, nor the time to describe the emotions we feel today in a single word,” the statement reads. A month ago, on the night of July 1-2, Russian forces struck the Okwine and Wine Hunters warehouse with a missile for the first time. At the time, the damages were not assessed. In 2025, Wine Hunters’ revenue grew by 52.9% compared to 2024, reaching Hr. 2.3 billion ($51 million), Forbes.ua reported, citing YouControl data. As the largest retail tenant in its industry, Okwine manages over 30,000 square meters of commercial space across 33 Ukrainian cities in 17 regions, maintaining active leases with more than 170 commercial real estate owners, the Ukrainian Retail Association reported on its website.
