On October 13, 2026, a Russian strike hit the key logistics distribution center of the Epicentr K company in Khmelnytskyi. The facility experienced an unprecedentedly intense attack: within a single day, the complex's infrastructure was shelled ten times, resulting in five large-scale fires that completely destroyed about 85% of the stored inventory.
Chronology of the attack and emergency response
According to Epicentr K representatives, the enemy deliberately aimed to wipe the facility off the face of the earth. Extinguishing the fires and carrying out rescue operations were severely hampered by about three dozen kamikaze drones that continuously hovered in the sky over the burning complex. Despite the devastating consequences and scale of the disaster, human casualties were avoided thanks to the timely evacuation of personnel.
Significance of the facility and systematic strikes
The Khmelnytskyi distribution center effectively remained the network's last major operating warehouse, supplying the company's shopping centers throughout Ukraine. Previously, Russian strikes completely demolished the company's two largest logistics complexes in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. In addition, over the past week, network facilities in Chernihiv and the suburbs of Dnipro came under systematic fire, where serious destruction and casualties were also reported.
Contradictory data
While the Ukrainian side and company management report the massive destruction of the logistics center in Khmelnytskyi as a result of ten UAV attacks, Russian specialized media resources and official reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense, referencing sources in other publications, provide disparate data regarding the destruction of similar facilities in the south of the country. An informational discrepancy arises in the geography and details of the operations, yet the fact that Epicentr's key distribution capacities have been massively disabled is acknowledged by both sides of the conflict.
Consequences for the economy and business
The company's management emphasizes that in addition to gigantic material losses and the disruption of supply chains, jobs and stable salary payments for thousands of employees are under direct threat. The company is facing an unprecedented systemic crisis, stating its inability to get used to the regular destruction of infrastructure built over years.
