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The Khortytsia vodka and liquor factory in Zaporizhzhia, which is part of the Global Spirits group, sustained significant damage as a result of a Russian attack and is beyond repair. The company’s press service told NV Business this.
According to Global Spirits, there were four strikes on the facility. The factory burned for at least three hours. As a result of the attack, Global Spirits lost about 3–4 million bottles of finished products for which excise had already been paid. Some of the products were completely burned, while others melted and must be disposed of. The average cost of one bottle was about 100 UAH, Global Spirits noted.
Head of the Zaporizhzhia Military Administration Ivan Fedorov had earlier reported a strike on one of Zaporizhzhia’s enterprises on 27 August. According to him, the attack damaged production facilities and caused a fire.
Global Spirits’ portfolio includes vodka, brandy, and wine brands that are exported to over 87 countries. The holding has two production sites in Ukraine — the Khortytsia plant and the Odesa Brandy Factory.
Until July 2022, the owner of three legal entities of the holding was Yevhen Chernyak. Those companies were then transferred to Liechtenstein citizen Mikael Martin Wachter, according to YouControl data.
During the years of war the company repeatedly suffered strikes on warehouses, offices, and production facilities, Global Spirits reports. Due to strikes on production sites and the destruction of the Kyiv office, the company lost servers and account credentials, temporarily complicating its operations, the Global Spirits press service said in response to a Forbes Ukraine inquiry.
The company does not disclose the amount of damages. It is seeking compensation from Russia. In particular, the Commercial Court of Kyiv in January 2026 considered a suit by LLC “Global Spirits Group” against the Russian Federation seeking 20,2 million UAH, according to the court registry. The claim stemmed from losses caused by a Russian strike on the company’s Kyiv office in June 2025. The court ordered Russia to pay about 837 000 UAH.
In 2023 the SBU announced suspicions against Yevhen Chernyak and six top managers for aiding Russia. According to the investigation, companies connected to him continued doing business in Russia after the invasion and paid about 6 billion UAH to the Russian budget in the equivalent over just 2022 year. The SBU also considered the exit from the Russian market to be formal.
On the night of 28 August, the Russians also destroyed the last Epicenter hypermarket in Zaporizhzhia.
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