Russian strike again damaged "Knyholav" warehouse: tens of thousands of books lost

Knyholav Publishing suffered significant losses for the second time in less than three months due to a Russian strike. On the night of October 7, as a result of a missile attack, warehouse premises in the Podil district of Kyiv were destroyed, and the new warehouse of the publishing house, where restored after the previous strike print runs were stored, sustained significant damage.

The publisher reported that tens of thousands of books have already been lost. The exact number of destroyed or unsellable copies cannot yet be determined – the team has not yet received full access to the entire warehouse.

Knyholav noted that the new warehouse contained, in particular, new releases received by the publisher over the past two months, as well as additional print runs of books destroyed in the previous Russian attack.

No employees of the publishing house were injured in the new strike. The company stated that it continues to operate and plans to restore the lost print runs again.

Knyholav suffered a previous large-scale attack on the night of July 19. Then the Russian attack completely destroyed the publisher's warehouse, which contained almost 250,000 books. After that, the company began to restore stocks and move products to a new warehouse.

Thus, part of the print runs printed to replace the books destroyed in July found themselves under a Russian strike again less than three months later.

The new attack was another in a series of major losses in the Ukrainian book industry in 2026. According to the Ministry of Culture, during the summer alone, Russian strikes on printing houses and warehouses destroyed more than 13 million new Ukrainian books. Direct industry losses from these attacks were estimated at at least UAH 1.75 billion.

After the massive destruction, the Ministry of Culture, the Ukrainian Book Institute, KSE Foundation, and the Book Arsenal in September launched a fundraiser for a separate grant program for small publishers. It is planned to be used, in particular, for reprinting destroyed print runs and releasing new books.

Sources: Knyholav, Knyholav, Ministry of Culture of Ukraine