Kharkiv TV Tower
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Kharkiv Television Tower (Template:Langx), most commonly known as the Kharkiv TV Tower (Template:Langx), is a steel truss television tower for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, which was Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] It was partially destroyed as a result of a Russian strike during the Russo-Ukrainian War on 22 April 2024 and is planned to be restored only after the end of hostilities.[2]
The tower was of similar design of the Kyiv TV Tower, but its design has legs of a closed metal structure. In addition, the tower was constructed with truss-like space frames, which are lightweight rigid structures constructed from/by interlocking and/or intertwining struts in a geometric pattern.[3] The Kharkiv TV Tower was the tallest building in the city and the fifth tallest TV tower in Ukraine.[4]
2022 airstrike
During the Battle of Kharkiv, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 March 2022, the tower and the stations administrative building were struck by eight FAB-500 bombs from a Russian Su-34 fighter jet, the station's administrative building and the tower's self-supporting metal structure sustained heavy damage as a result. The fighter jet was shot down by Ukrainian armed forces right after the bombs were dropped. The pilot ejected, landed and was detained by the National Guard of Ukraine. A year later, the Russian pilot who operated the fighter jet was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Ukraine,[5][6] and shortly after the verdict, exchanged as a prisoner of war.[7]
2024 destruction
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On 22 April 2024, the upper half of the TV tower was destroyed as a result of a Russian air strike using a Kh-59 cruise missile.[8][9][10] The following day there was no signal of digital terrestrial television in Kharkiv and the nearby settlements.[2] Authorities announced that the restoration of the TV tower will begin only after the end of hostilities.[2]
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