Kharkiv TV Tower
Steel lattice television tower in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Kharkiv Television Tower (Ukrainian: Харківська телевізійна вежа, romanized: Kharkivska televiziina vezha), most commonly known as the Kharkiv TV Tower (Ukrainian: Харківська телевежа, romanized: Kharkivska televezha), is a steel truss television tower for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, which was 240.7-metre-tall (790 ft).[2] 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.[3]
| Kharkiv Television Tower | |
|---|---|
Харківська телевежа | |
Kharkiv TV Tower in 2007 | |
  Location within Ukraine | |
Alternative names | Kharkov Television Tower |
General information | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Type | Steel lattice television tower |
| Location | 1a Derevianko St., Kharkiv,  Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°02′37″N 36°14′07″E |
Completed | 1981 |
| Opening | 12 December 1981 |
| Destroyed | 22 April 2024 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 240.7 m (790 ft) |
| Roof | 139.9 m (459 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Steel |
| References | |
| [1] | |
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.[1] 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.[3] Authorities announced that the restoration of the TV tower will begin only after the end of hostilities.[3]