Russia Destroys Epicentr’s Last Major Warehouse in Khmelnytskyi

Overview

• The Khmelnytskyi facility, which Epicentr said was struck ten times on Tuesday, October 13, suffered five large fires that destroyed roughly 85 percent of stored goods while no employees were reported injured.
• Epicentr reported that nearly 30 drones over the site prevented firefighters from extinguishing the blazes, a tactic consistent with recent drone-enabled attacks on civilian infrastructure.
• The company said this warehouse had been its last major surviving logistics hub after earlier Russian strikes destroyed its two largest complexes in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
• Epicentr warned the loss has effectively shattered its logistics network, creating enormous financial damage and putting the wages and jobs of thousands of employees at risk, though full independent damage assessments are still pending.
• The strike deepens a pattern of targeting commercial supply chains that could tighten retail availability, slow reconstruction of distribution capacity, and raise questions about insurance, repair timelines, and regional economic impacts.