BookChef publishing house lost 800,000 books due to Russian attack on Kyiv

Key points

  • As a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of July 2, the warehouse of BookChef’s logistics partner, Denka Logistics, was destroyed.
  • The publishing house lost approximately 800,000 books – the result of years of work by authors, translators, editors, illustrators, designers, printers, managers, and logisticians.
  • There are no casualties among BookChef employees.

As a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of July 2, the central warehouse of the logistics partner of the BookChef publishing house – Denka Logistics company – was destroyed. Approximately 800,000 books were lost.

These are books that authors, translators, editors, illustrators, designers, printers, managers, and logisticians have worked on. This is the work of many people over the years.

– BookChef.

None of the publishing house’s employees were injured in the attack.

Due to the loss of the warehouse, BookChef has temporarily suspended all promotions with its partner stores – until the number of reprints stabilizes.

BookChef’s CEO, Oleksandr Kirpichov, noted that the company will temporarily be unable to accept, process, and ship orders in the usual mode, which may cause delays even with new book shipments.

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Юлія Мирська
Юлія Мирська
Author | She graduated with a degree in television and radio journalism. She has about a year of experience working in the media. She worked as a news editor for the online publication Speka.media.

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