Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Zhytomyr area, Ukraine on Tue 20th October 2026

Railway station, building supplies superstore damaged in overnight attack in Zhytomyr region.

Russian forces attacked infrastructure in Zhytomyr region overnight, including railway facilities, sparking fires.

According to Ukrinform, the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zhytomyr region reported this in a Telegram post.

“Russian forces once again attacked Zhytomyr region overnight. Civilian and railway infrastructure were hit, sparking fires. Firefighters are still working to extinguish one of the fires,” the post said.

Pyrotechnicians inspected the area for explosive ordnance. According to preliminary information, no one was killed or injured.

Later, Vitalii Bunechko, head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration, clarified that Russian forces had targeted energy and railway infrastructure. The strikes damaged a building supplies superstore in the Zhytomyr territorial community, a railway station in the Ovruch territorial community, and railway tracks in the Olevsk territorial community.