A Russian attack has destroyed Ukrainian ice cream producer Fayni Lyodu’s distribution warehouse in Kyiv, disrupting a logistics hub that supplied the capital and 12 other cities, the company said.
The warehouse was destroyed during Russia’s overnight attack on the night of Aug. 20, along with tonnes of ice cream, equipment and vehicles. No employees were injured.
Ukraine is turning to energy companies themselves to help defend the country’s power infrastructure from Russian drones, creating a system that lets businesses fund and operate air defence but not control when it is used. The shift comes as passive defences such as fortifications prove insufficient against sustained Russian
Direct damage to Ukraine’s buildings, infrastructure and other physical assets has reached $197.5 billion since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, according to a new assessment by the KSE Institute. The estimate, announced on Aug. 17 but covering damage recorded between February 2022 and February 2026, is $27.
A Russian missile strike on ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has killed two people, injured 13 employees and contractors and forced the steelmaker to partially halt production, the company said. The attack, which hit the plant overnight on Aug. 15-16, damaged key facilities used in energy and blast furnace production. ArcelorMittal
Russia’s war in Ukraine is mobilising industrial materials on a scale comparable with major commodity markets, placing heavy demands on some of the same supply chains critical to the country’s reconstruction, according to a new study. The researchers estimate that the war can mobilise 8 million to 10
