On 30 August, Russian forces struck a large Auchan warehouse in Boryspil, in the Kyiv region. The company confirmed that its logistics facility had been directly hit and reported that none of its employees had been injured. According to Interfax-Ukraine, a warehouse belonging to the Aurora chain operates within the same logistics centre. The impact of the attack on stock levels and deliveries is currently being assessed.
Briefly about the main points
- Auchan has confirmed that its warehouse in Boryspil was hit.
- None of the chain’s staff were injured.
- The «Aurora» warehouse is also located at the logistics centre.
- The extent of the damage to stock has not yet been disclosed.
Auchan has confirmed that its logistics facility was hit
The company reported that on 30 August, the Russians struck its warehouse in Boryspil. None of the staff were injured.
The company has not yet disclosed the extent of the damage, the quantity of goods destroyed or the estimated losses. The Boryspil facility was one of two large warehouses in the Kyiv region that Auchan had previously used for the centralised supply of its shops; the other is located in Tarasivka.
The «Aurora» warehouse is also located at this logistics centre»
«Interfax-Ukraine» clarified that the logistics centre that came under attack houses a warehouse belonging to the «Aurora». The chain did not issue a separate statement regarding the impact of this strike on its stock levels.
Aurora had previously been the target of attacks on its distribution centres in the Kyiv region. On 27 August, the network’s co-founder Taras Panasenko reported that one of them had been destroyed and noted that no staff members had been injured. On 22 August, Russian troops attacked another of the company’s distribution centres twice; the second strike took place whilst emergency services were working at the site.
