2022 Zhytomyr attacks

Zhytomyr Airport attack
Part of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Zhytomyr Airport attack
Date 27 February 2022 — present Location Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine Result Ongoing 33 targets destroyed
Belligerents
Ukraine	Russia
Units involved
Ukrainian Armed Forces Territorial Defense Forces	Russian Armed Forces
Casualties and losses
39 killed 25 military 14 civilians 330 civilians wounded 33 objects of infrastructure destroyed	None

The Zhytomyr attack was an attack on the airport of Zhytomyr against civilians. It was on on 27 February 2022. It was a part of the Kyiv offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The airport was 150 kilometres (93 mi) from the capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv. It was near the town of Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr Oblast. Russia used 9K720 Iskander missiles that were from in Belarus. Attacks on the city were afterwards in March.

Timeline

Zhytomyr Airport attack, 27 February 2022

On March 1 late in the evening, Russian troops hit a residential part of the city. 10 buildings on the Shukhevych street were damaged. A hospital was also damaged. A few bombs were dropped. At least two civilian Ukrainians were killed. Three were injured.

On March 2, shells hit a regional perinatal center. Some private houses were also hit.

On March 4, rockets hit the 25th Zhytomyr school. Half of it was destroyed. Later that evening, the "Ozerne and Zhytomyr Armored Plant" was under fire. Two people were injured.

On March 8, a dormitory was hit after an airstrike. The Isovat factory was damaged.

On March 9, the city Ozerne district went under fire. It was on the very outside of the city.