Zhytomyr attacks (2022–present)
Missile attacks on Zhytomyr began on 24 February 2022 as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2022 strikes
February
On 24 February, at 5:40 a.m., Ozerne Air Base in the suburbs was shelled.On 27 February, Russian occupation forces used 9K720 Iskander missiles in Belarus to strike the Zhytomyr civilian airport.
The Zhytomyr Airport is situated around from the capital city of Ukraine — Kyiv — near the city of Zhytomyr in Zhytomyr Oblast. On 27 February 2022, it was reported that the Russian armed forces used 9K720 Iskander missile systems that were located in Belarus.
March
Late in the evening of 1 March, Russian troops hit a residential sector of the city. The city hospital and about ten residential buildings on Shukhevych street were damaged. Bombs were dropped on the city. As a result, at least two civilian Ukrainians were killed and three were injured.On 2 March, shells hit the regional perinatal center and some private houses.
On 4 March, rockets hit the 25th Zhytomyr school, destroying half of the school. In the evening, the "Ozerne and Zhytomyr Armored Plant" came under fire; two people were injured.
In an air assault on 8 March, a dormitory was hit and the Isovat insulation factory was damaged.
On 9 March, the outskirts of the city came under fire.
On 25 March, a military facility was shelled by Russian forces.