Kharkiv TV Tower
| Kharkiv Television Tower | |
|---|---|
Харківська телевежа | |
 Kharkiv TV Tower | |
  Location within Ukraine | |
| Alternative names | Kharkov Television Tower |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Steel lattice television tower |
| Location | 1a Derevianko St., Kharkiv,  Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°02′37″N 36°14′07″E / 50.04361°N 36.23528°E |
| Construction started | 1981 |
| Completed | 1981 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 240.7 m (790 ft) |
| Roof | 139.9 m (459 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Steel |
| References | |
| [1] | |
Kharkiv Television Tower (Ukrainian: Харківська телевізійна вежа), most commonly known as the Kharkiv TV Tower (Ukrainian: Харківська телевежа), is a 240.7 m (790 ft) tall[2] steel truss television tower for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is of similar design of Kyiv TV Tower, but 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]
2022 airstrike
During the Battle of Kharkiv, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on March 6, 2022, the tower and the stations administrative building were struck by 8 x FAB-500 bombs from a Russian Su-3 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.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Kharkiv TV Tower, Kharkiv - SkyscraperPage.com". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ "Харків (місто) — Ефірне телебачення та радіомовлення в Україні". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^ https://iwpr.net/global-voices/pilot-who-bombed-kharkiv-tv-tower-convicted
- ^ https://imi.org.ua/en/news/russian-pilot-who-had-bombed-the-kharkiv-tv-tower-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-i51172
- ^ https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/court-sentences-russian-pilot-12-101000341.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFTdKWsTujuXQ1B5moXvR_u8bp9_c1s63S64fneVwrRvDm6A0NKProzlJiAI8beeqtuNZ74j5hqZi0QVwFScLOfdBWqBTRMT5pmfS_AfLb3Sw_RTdcKMunkoF5YNVZ-xE8NXxmuASgiunL-KJYEOOxN63ldHwDwdYitO8qYdwS_Y
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