Late last year one of the brand’s shipping containers, holding 17,000 bottles, was hit by bombing at the Ukrainian port of Odesa. In the UK sales rose 24% last year to £6.25m, and it is now one of the fastest-growing premium vodka brands. Global sales have partly recovered, to 4.4m cases this year, as Ukrainian demand has held up and exports to the west expanded. View image in fullscreen Bomb damage to supplies at Nemiroff, a Ukrainian vodka maker. Nemiroff was also providing bottling facilities for some competitors with the aim of “supporting business in Ukraine”, said Sorochynskyi.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2026 14:00 UTC