Kernel loses 500 tons of oil due to Russian attacks

Russian drones attacked Kernel’s port infrastructure in Odesa region twice between October and December, damaging vegetable oil storage tanks and part of the company’s production facilities, according to Kernel’s operating report for Q2 FY2025.

Preliminary estimates put the company’s losses at around 500 tons of sunflower oil.

Kernel noted that amid intensified attacks on ports in the Black Sea and Danube regions, cargo transshipment at its terminals declined by 11% year-on-year over the six-month period. Prolonged air raid alerts and regular disruptions to port terminal operations also put additional pressure on the company’s operational performance.

On the night of December 24–25, 2025, Kernel’s assets in Odesa region came under a Russian attack. The Illichivsk Oil and Fat Plant (IOFP) in Chornomorsk was hit.

Earlier, on December 20, 2025, a Russian strike damaged the Allseeds vegetable oil transshipment terminal in the port of Pivdennyi, resulting in the loss of thousands of tons of sunflower oil. One person was killed.

On January 5, Russia struck Bunge’s plant in Dnipro, causing 300 tons of oil to spill onto roads.