--- title: "Russian attacks have caused food shortages in Kiev" url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/84757/russian-attacks-have-caused-food-shortages-in-kiev published: 2026-09-10T04:50:00Z language: en author: "Redacția TRM" section: "International" source: radiomoldova.md --- # Russian attacks have caused food shortages in Kiev > In August and September, the Russian military targeted and damaged the warehouses and logistics centers of all major supermarket chains in Ukraine, including Silpo, ATB, Novus, and Fora, according to Taras Vysotsky, the Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, in an interview with The Guardian. He emphasized that this recent wave of attacks is “the most massive since the beginning of the large-scale invasion.” Additionally, warehouses for medicines, including some owned by the World Health Organization (WHO), have also been affected, as reported by The Moscow Times. ![](https://storage.radiomoldova.md/images/59f37029-666c-4f7b-aa92-b4fb5d6730c9.jpg) In August and September, the Russian military targeted and damaged the warehouses and logistics centers of all major supermarket chains in Ukraine, including Silpo, ATB, Novus, and Fora, according to Taras Vysotsky, the Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, in an interview with The Guardian. He emphasized that this recent wave of attacks is “the most massive since the beginning of the large-scale invasion.” Additionally, warehouses for medicines, including some owned by the World Health Organization (WHO), have also been affected, as reported by The Moscow Times. Kiev has become the primary target of the latest wave of attacks, leaving many supermarkets partially empty, according to The Guardian’s correspondent in the Ukrainian capital. Valentina Sveshnikova, a 68-year-old pensioner, expressed her thoughts to the publication, stating that Russia aims to "*make our lives terrible and unbearable, and it is succeeding.*" Recent visits to Moscow by the CIA director and representatives of Donald Trump have reportedly strengthened Vladimir Putin's determination not only to continue the war but also to escalate it. Western media outlets, citing officials and representatives from NATO intelligence services, as well as individuals close to the Kremlin, support this observation. After failing to achieve the desired results from the “holodomor” caused last winter, Putin is now allegedly focused on making life even more unbearable for Ukrainian civilians. Reports indicate that the Kremlin leader hopes to replicate the Nazi siege of Leningrad by depriving Kiev of food and heat this winter, which he believes will provoke widespread discontent by spring and force the Ukrainian authorities to make concessions. Food prices in Ukraine have already begun to rise; however, Dmitry Krymsky, co-founder of the company "Bureau of Wine" which owns the premium alcohol chain GoodWine, attributes this increase more to the costs of reorganizing logistics chains rather than shortages caused by Russian attacks. One of GoodWine's warehouses, located near Kiev, was struck on September 1, resulting in damages estimated at four million euros. This is not an isolated incident. Following the Russian invasion in 2022, GoodWine lost 1.6 million bottles in a bombed warehouse, with damages totaling 15 million euros. In July of this year, the company suffered additional losses of €1.5 million worth of products due to an attack. Krymsky anticipates that he will need to raise prices by 5% and is considering moving warehouses to Poland, utilizing underground storage facilities, and distributing goods across several smaller warehouses. Overall, he expects food prices to rise by up to 15% as a direct consequence of the recent Russian attacks. Minister Taras Vysotsky, however, believes the negative impact will be much smaller, estimating it at around 2.5%. He stated, *“In 2022, the enemy primarily targeted infrastructure intended for the export of agricultural products. In subsequent years, the focus shifted to destroying the energy sector. The attacks of August and September 2026 represent systematic strikes aimed at disrupting the civilian population's basic needs. The enemy is deliberately trying to dismantle the logistics that ensure the supply of food to Ukrainian cities.”* On the night of September 3, one of the main warehouses of the World Health Organization, which stored humanitarian medical aid, was hit near Kiev, according to a report by Reuters. Earlier in August, a WHO humanitarian warehouse in Dnipro was also attacked. The organization reported that half of the medical supplies and equipment intended to assist approximately 225,000 people were destroyed as a result of this attack. These assaults are part of a broader Russian strategy to undermine humanitarian operations in Ukraine, as stated by WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier. *“In 2026, there were at least 20 attacks on humanitarian aid depots, 15 of which specifically targeted warehouses containing medicines and other medical supplies.”* Elena Juk, a 36-year-old tourism manager, commented on the attacks while shopping at Kiev’s central agricultural market: *“The attacks on food targets are not the first since the beginning of the war. We will survive. We will not starve.”*