Zhytomyr Explosion: A Community Shaken by Tragedy and the Call for Urgent Reform
On an otherwise ordinary afternoon in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, the routine rhythms of daily life were abruptly shattered. What had begun as a normal day—drivers filling their tanks, shopkeepers tending to customers, families moving about the streets—suddenly became a scene of unimaginable chaos. At approximately 4:05 p.m., a deafening explosion ripped through a local gas…