PepsiCo confirms damage to Mykolaiv production facility after Russian strike

The strike and PepsiCo's statement

PepsiCo's production facility in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region was damaged during a strike on August 29, the company said, with PepsiCo Ukraine posting on Facebook that the safety of its employees was its top priority and confirming there were no casualties. Specialists are determining the full extent of the damage caused by the attack, according to the company statement carried by Ukrainian outlets.

Damage assessment and supply response

The company said it is assessing the full scale of the consequences of the strike and is taking steps to restore product deliveries to customers and consumers in Ukraine. PepsiCo Ukraine did not provide a timeline for when the facility would return to full operation or quantify production losses in its initial statement.

Context of the wider attack

On August 29, Russian forces struck civilian and energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region, and PepsiCo's facility was among the sites damaged in that attack, according to Ukrainian reporting. The strike on the PepsiCo site occurred during a broader escalation in Russian long-range attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure in late August, including a separate drone strike on an ammunition depot near Kyiv that killed at least 38 people.

Open questions

PepsiCo has not disclosed the extent of physical damage, the share of regional output affected, or whether any production lines have resumed. It remains unclear how quickly product supplies can be normalized for Ukrainian customers and consumers, and whether other PepsiCo assets in southern Ukraine were also affected.