Ukrainian full-cycle logistics company Berger Cargo has lost nearly half of its warehouse capacity as a result of a series of Russian attacks. The total damage from the destruction and loss of equipment is preliminarily estimated at 65 million hryvnias. This was stated in an interview with the NV publication by the company's director and co-founder Valeriy Baranovsky, and the information was confirmed by RBC-Ukraine.

Scale of destruction: 40 thousand out of 83 thousand square meters lost

Before the series of attacks, the company owned 83 thousand square meters of warehouse space, distributed across the Kyiv region, Odesa, and Lviv. The greatest damage was sustained by facilities in the Kyiv region: of three warehouses, one was completely destroyed, and the other two sustained partial damage. At just one of the Kyiv facilities, fire completely destroyed 33.5 thousand square meters of premises. In total, due to the shelling, the company lost more than 40 thousand square meters of warehouse capacity — effectively half of its entire portfolio. The damage cost included destroyed specialized equipment, IT infrastructure, forklifts, and other fixed assets.

Adaptation and geographic redistribution

Despite the significant losses, the logistics operator continues to operate and is actively adjusting the geography of its activities. In September 2026, the company opened a new branch in Chernivtsi, where it already has about 12 thousand square meters of space across several locations. Berger Cargo is also developing its branch in Lviv and is considering launching new facilities in other regions of Ukraine to diversify risks and expand its network. The strategy of redistributing capacity is aimed at reducing vulnerability to targeted strikes on individual warehouses.

Context: a series of attacks on logistics infrastructure

Berger Cargo's losses fit into a broader picture of strikes on Ukraine's logistics and production infrastructure. On the night of September 21, 2026, Russian occupiers massively shelled the Odesa region — the "Silpo" distribution center in Odesa was hit. According to NV, two missiles struck one of Berger Cargo's warehouses in Odesa, destroying, among other things, humanitarian cargo. On the night of September 20, as a result of a missile-drone attack, the main production and warehouse facilities of the "Ventilation Systems" enterprise in Boyarka were destroyed; the company's employees were not harmed.

Contradictory data

The main factual picture — the volume of losses (over 40 thousand sq. m), the amount of damage (65 million UAH), and the geography of the affected facilities — has been confirmed by two independent publications: RBC-Ukraine and NV, where the initial interview with the company's head was conducted. However, in a publication by the ua.news information portal (source ID 4), a gross factual error was made in the headline and text: the attacks are attributed to "Ukraine" rather than Russia. This discrepancy is an obvious typo or machine translation error in that specific source and does not reflect the position of either side of the conflict. All other details — figures, names, dates — in this source match the data from RBC and NV.

About the company

Berger Cargo is a Ukrainian full-cycle logistics company specializing in warehouse storage, professional cargo handling, and the provision of transportation services. Before the attacks, the company served clients in three key regions of the country, providing warehouse logistics for retail, production, and humanitarian operations. The loss of nearly half of its capacity amid ongoing hostilities sets the company the task of accelerated reconstruction and relocation of operations to new sites.