Russian strikes have destroyed or damaged at least 9.65 million books in Ukraine between May and August 2026 and severely disrupting the country's publishing industry. DONATE NOWAmong the hardest-hit were publishers Ranok, Knygolav, BookChef, the Konvi printing house, and the KnygoLand bookstore chain. As of August 3, Ukrainian publishers had printed 13.09 million books in 2026, meaning the volumes destroyed over the summer equal roughly 74% of the country’s total output so far this year. Russian strikes damaged the logistics center of Ranok publishing house and a warehouse belonging to the One More Page publisher in Kyiv. Two and a half days passed yet firefighters still struggle to put out a fire in the warehouses of Ukraine's publishing house Ranok and the bookstore Knygoland in Kharkiv.