Russia targeted a TV tower in Kharkiv shortly before a scheduled conversation between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden on April 22, according to Zelenskyy’s evening address.
A Russian missile strike that broke in half a 240-metre television tower in Kharkiv on Monday is part of a deliberate effort by Moscow to make Ukraine's second-largest city uninhabitable, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Footage shows the moment a major TV tower broke in half and fell to the ground in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Local officials said it was likely to be a Russian missile attack on television infrastructure.
A 240-meter tall TV tower in the administrative center of Kharkiv was partially destroyed in a Russian attack on April 22, causing interruptions in the digital TV signal, regional governor Oleh Synehubov reported on Telegram.
A major television tower was toppled in Ukraine's war-battered city of Kharkiv on Monday after bombardments from Russia forces, as the country's head of military intelligence warned the situation on
US President Joe Biden on Monday promised that tens of billions of dollars of much-delayed military aid would be "quickly" sent to Ukraine as the country suffered a new battering from Russian strikes and a top official warned that Ukrainian troops face worsening pressure.
Early reports indicate that Russia used a Kh-59 missile to strike a television infrastructure facility in the city of Kharkiv on 22 April. Source: the Prosecutor General's Office on Telegram; National Police of Ukraine Quote: "According to the investigation,
A major TV tower in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was broken apart on Monday, an AFP journalist saw, after officials reported a Russian strike on the city.