Zavod "Khortytsia" in Zaporizhzhia was damaged after an attack and is not subject to restoration media

After the shelling, the fire at the enterprise lasted for 3 hours.

The Horit︠sʹia liquor and vodka plant in Zaporizhzhia, part of the Global Spirits group, was completely destroyed as a result of the Russian attack and is not subject to restoration.

This was reported to NV Business by the company’s press service.

According to Global Spirits, the facility sustained four hits. After the attack there was a fire at the plant that lasted about three hours. As a result of the strike the company lost a significant portion of its finished products. Approximately 3-4 million bottles of alcohol with already paid excise tax either burned or were damaged so severely that they will have to be recycled. The average price of a single bottle at Global Spirits is estimated at about 100 hryvnias.

This is not the first serious loss for Global Spirits due to Russian attacks. On the night of 19 July, a Russian missile strike destroyed the company’s main warehouse. As a result, the enterprise was unable to supply product delivery to clients for some time.

Since July 2022 year, the owner of the company has been listed as Liechtenstein citizen Martin Michael Wachter. Previously, the ultimate beneficiary was the founder of Global Spirits, Yevhen Chernyak.

At the end of 2023 year Chernyak was charged with funding Russian aggression. According to the investigation, companies associated with him paid to the Russian budget about 6 billion hryvnias in taxes in 2022 year. The businessman denies the charges and states that he has not conducted business in Russia since 2014. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, Chernyak left Ukraine before the full-scale invasion. He is currently in the United States and is listed by the SBU as a person wanted.