2025 Ovruch train attack
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LocationOvruch, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Date24 October 2025
c. 10:30 a.m.
c. 10:30 a.m.
Attack type
Explosion, mass murderWeaponGrenade
| 2025 Ovruch train attack | |
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 Ukrainian police officers working at the train station after the attack | |
| Location | Ovruch, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine |
| Date | 24 October 2025 c. 10:30 a.m. |
Attack type | Explosion, mass murder |
| Weapon | Grenade |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 12 |
| Perpetrator | Undisclosed |
| Motive | Evading arrest warrant |
On the morning of 24 October 2025, a fugitive from Kharkiv detonated a grenade on a train in Ovruch, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, killing three civilian women and a border guard, and wounding 12 other people. The perpetrator also died in the explosion. The attack happened when State Border Guard Service officers were checking passengers’ documents on a diesel train platform.[1][2][3] The perpetrator was identified as a 23-year-old man from Kharkiv who had recently been detained for attempting to violate the state border in the western section of the state border.[4][5]
