Russia strikes Kharkiv publisher, setting textbooks ablaze at warehouse

“Ranok’s warehouse in Kharkiv was hit. Textbooks are burning,” he wrote.

Kruhlov said there were no casualties.

Russia attacked a gas station in Kharkiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District with a drone on the evening of July 31, sparking a fire at the site.

A large-scale Russian attack overnight on July 19 destroyed a Knygolove publishing house warehouse, burning about 250,000 books.

“I want to share my pain. Three Iskander missiles destroyed a warehouse containing Knygolove products overnight. Two hundred fifty thousand books were destroyed. They represented an enormous amount of work by the entire team — authors, editors, typesetters, designers, everyone involved. Thank God no one was hurt. That is what matters most,” publishing house co-founder Svitlana Paveletska wrote.

A Russian attack on Kyiv on July 2 destroyed 800,000 books at a warehouse holding inventory from Kyiv-based publisher BookChef.