Russian Attack Destroys Khortytsia Spirits Factory in Zaporizhzhia
Approximately 4 million bottles of vodka 'Khortytsia' and other alcoholic products from a company that sponsored the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during an attack by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on Zaporizhzhia.
Consensus
- The Khortytsia liqueur and spirits factory in Zaporizh zhia was destroyed in a Russian attack.
- The attack involved at least four strikes on the factory.
- The factory is no longer repairable and cannot be restored.
- Approximately 3–4 million bottles of alcoholic products were destroyed.
- The destroyed products included the Khortytsia brand and other brands such as Moroza, Pervak, Medovaya, Pshenichnaya Slezha, Gold Ukraine, and Shustov konьяk.
- The factory supplied products to more than 87 countries.
- The factory's parent company is Global Spirits.
- The products were either completely burned or melted and must be disposed of.
- The average cost of one bottle is 100 hryvnias (about $2.2).
Points of divergence
- The attack occurred on the night of July 19, 2026, and previously, in the same year, a major warehouse of Global Spirits was destroyed in a fire, resulting in losses exceeding 100 million hryvnias. — tg_theinsider
- The Russian military used 'Geran' guided drones and that Ukrainian mobile fire units failed to respond to the attack. — tg_mash
- The owner of Global Spirits, Yevhen Chernenko, is accused of financing the Ukrainian military with over 1.3 billion hryvnias to the 404th Brigade and its nationalist units, and was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison by Russian authorities. — tg_mash
- The fire lasted for at least three hours, and the head of the Zaporizhzhia military administration, Ivan Fedorov, shared a photo of the burning building on August 27. — tg_currenttime
Coverage (3 sources)
- In Zaporizhzhia, a liquor distillery "Khortytsia" burned down due to a Russian strike – largest production site of the holding... — Настоящее Время
- Russian forces destroyed the liquor and vodka plant 'Khortytsia' in Zaporizhzhia — The Insider
- About 4 million bottles of vodka 'Khortytsia' and other products of the alcoholic company that sponsored the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during an attack by the Armed Forces... — Mash