At 8:00 AM on June 5, drones struck the administrative building of the "Yahotynske for Children" plant in Zhurivka village, Brovarsky district, Kyiv region. Four employees were killed, seven were wounded. Rescuers unblocked two people from the rubble and continued working: according to Kyiv Regional Military Administration head Mykola Kalashnik, more people could be trapped under the debris.
According to Kalashnik, "the enemy attacked a peaceful civilian food industry enterprise — people who were simply doing their job at that moment." The Kyiv regional prosecutor's office classified the event as a strike on civilian infrastructure.
What kind of plant is it
"Yahotynske for Children" is more than just a brand on supermarket shelves. It is a branch of TDV "Yahotyn Butter Plant," which is part of the "Dairy Alliance" group of companies, and is Ukraine's only separately built specialized plant for infant milk nutrition. The enterprise produces a full range of dairy products for children aged 6 months to 3 years — kefir, yogurt, cheese, and milk cocktails. The equipment is closed-cycle systems from manufacturers in Sweden, Italy, Germany, and Israel, which excludes direct hand contact with the product.
The plant is located in an environmentally clean zone near the Zhurivka Dendrological Park — away from industrial facilities. By its specialization, it has no analogues in the country: destroying its production capacity would strike the only bottleneck in the infant nutrition supply chain.
How the attack unfolded
According to "Channel 24," at 7:53 AM, a threat of enemy drone strikes spread over Brovarsky district. The Air Force recorded the movement of unmanned aerial vehicles from Chernihiv region toward Kyiv region. At 8:09 AM, local authorities confirmed elevated threat and air defense operations — but the plant was already burning.
"The strike hit a food industry enterprise where employees were present at the time of the attack. People were doing their work when Russian drones hit the civilian infrastructure object."
Kyiv regional prosecutor's office
The State Emergency Service published photos from the scene: the administrative building engulfed in flames, structures partially destroyed. The fire was extinguished in parallel with the search for people under the rubble.
The scale of losses — beyond the numbers
Four people on the morning shift — these are specific names that have not yet been disclosed. But there is another dimension: if the strike damaged production lines, not just the administrative building, Ukraine could temporarily lose its only source of specialized domestically produced infant milk nutrition. The alternative is imports, whose logistics are unstable in wartime conditions.
"Dairy Alliance" has not yet announced an assessment of damages and the condition of production facilities after the strike. This remains an open question: if the lines survived — the plant could resume operations within weeks; if not — the need for urgent deliveries of infant nutrition will become a real issue already this summer.
