The Russians hit Zhytomyr Region with rockets: two explosions occur
OLENA ROSHCHINA – TUESDAY, 16 AUGUST, 13:33
The Russians have launched a rocket attack on Zhytomyr Oblast; two explosions have been recorded in the Zhytomyr district.
Source: Vitalii Bunechko, head of Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote: "Two explosions resulting from a rocket attack have been confirmed in Zhytomyr district."
Details: Bunechko added that, according to preliminary information, the rockets were launched from the territory of Belarus.
At 15:51 Bunechko reported that there were no casualties as a result of Russia’s rocket attack.
Readers of Zhytomyr.info reported that explosions were heard near Zhytomyr.
An air-raid siren was sounded in Zhytomyr Oblast at 12:58. Almost simultaneously with this, sirens were sounded in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, as well as in Rivne and Volyn oblasts.
The air-raid siren lasted for an hour, but as soon as the all-clear sounded, it started up again in the central and western oblasts of Ukraine. The second time in Zhytomyr Oblast lasted half an hour, until 14:31.
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