Dnipro police confirmed an explosion occurred at approximately 8:30 PM UTC on February 23, 2026, in a police administrative building in the Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi district of Dnipro, Ukraine, damaging windows, furniture, computer equipment, and a nearby car with no casualties reported, according to the National Police of Ukraine. The incident took place during the 29-minute reporting window from 7:46:05 PM to 8:15:59 PM UTC. National Police of Ukraine stated that explosive ordnance disposal specialists, forensic experts, and an investigative-operational group from police department No. 1 of the Dnipropetrovsk regional police department No. 2 are working at the scene, with investigations into all circumstances ongoing. This official update follows preliminary reports from Dnipro Operatyvnyi approximately an hour earlier of an explosion on police department territory around 7:25 PM UTC that damaged vehicles and blew out windows but caused no injuries. The confirmed details align with earlier unverified reports from local channels like Dnipro Operatyvnyi and Tymofiy Kucher, who noted emergency services responding to an explosion heard around 8:10 PM UTC on the left bank of the Dnipro River with no casualties. No motive or perpetrator has been identified in the official statement.
