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Russian strikes leave Kyiv supermarkets with more empty shelves
Ukraine’s agrarian policy and food minister warned food prices could rise 2.5%, while retailers estimate impacts could reach 15% and warehouse losses include about €4m in stock destroyed.
Russian attacks on food warehouses and logistics supply chains have left supermarket shelves in Kyiv half empty, with residents reporting fewer products and higher prices, as Russia targets civilian supply routes.
According to the Guardian Business, agrarian policy and food minister Taras Vysotsky warned that food prices could increase by 2.5% due to damage to warehouse infrastructure, while a Kyiv-area retail operator said the impact could be as high as 15%.
The article also cites a strike on 1 September that hit a warehouse near Kyiv and wiped out about €4m worth of stock, and notes that some price pressure is expected to come less from supply shortages than from higher costs of reorganizing supply chains to be more resilient to strikes.
The Guardian Business reports the disruptions intensified amid renewed attacks on Kyiv, after a temporary Moscow-Kyiv truce for safe passage of US negotiators ended abruptly on Monday night.