On June 3, Dnipro experienced two consecutive strikes on the Dniprovskyi district. The first targeted ATB food warehouses. The second hit a nearby Novaya Pochta logistics terminal. This is no coincidence: two strikes on adjacent infrastructure in one district fit the pattern of deliberate pressure on rear logistics.
What was destroyed
According to ATB corporate communications director Sergiy Demchenko, a direct hit critically damaged a Class A distribution center with a total area of 37,500 square meters — one of the largest and most modern in the network. The fire was extinguished over several hours: according to Suspilne Dnipro, over 100 rescuers and nearly 50 units of emergency services equipment were involved in the effort.
"As of today, further operation of the distribution center is impossible. Specialists are assessing the extent of damage and determining further steps to restore logistics operations"
— ATB, official statement
The company estimates damage at hundreds of millions of hryvnias, with the final figure depending on expert inspection results.
Scale of loss
This facility supplied goods to approximately 300 stores in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions — essentially the entire eastern and southeastern logistics network of ATB. For comparison: the Dnipro region network has 276 stores, with most of them receiving goods from this center.
The strike on the adjacent facility — Novaya Pochta's innovative terminal — occurred the same day in a separate attack. According to the company, employees were sheltering and were not injured, though the extent of damage is still being assessed.
Context: not the first time
This is not the first attack on ATB's logistics infrastructure. In September 2025, Russians shelled the Dnipro distribution center — operations were restored then. In August of the same year, the company's Kharkiv distribution center was completely destroyed. In 2022, two centers in the Kyiv region serving Kyiv and Chernihiv regions were partially or completely destroyed. So since the full-scale invasion began, ATB has lost or critically damaged at least four distribution facilities.
- Kherson distribution center — lost from the first days of the invasion (uncontrolled territory)
- Two Kyiv distribution centers — destroyed in 2022
- Kharkiv distribution center — completely destroyed in August 2025
- Dnipro distribution center — attacked in September 2025 (restored), destroyed on June 3, 2026
According to Demchenko, despite the losses, the company will continue operations and do everything possible to maintain stable supply of goods and food security in the regions.
Casualties
According to Obozrevatel, as of the evening of June 3, six people are known to be injured in the Dniprovskyi district — including a 34-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man in serious condition. Regarding ATB warehouse personnel — employees were sheltering during the strike and were not injured.
If ATB cannot quickly redistribute flows between remaining centers, a supply shortage at 300 stores in the east will be felt over several weeks — the question is whether the network's undamaged capacity will be sufficient to prevent this.
