| Kharkiv Television Tower | |
| Native Name: | Харківська телевежа |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Alternate Name: | Kharkov Television Tower |
| Status: | Destroyed |
| Completion Date: | 1981 |
| Opening Date: | 12 December 1981 |
| Destruction Date: | 22 April 2024 |
| Location: | 1a Derevianko St., Kharkiv,  Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 50.0436°N 36.2353°W |
| Map Type: | Ukraine |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Building Type: | Steel lattice television tower |
| Material: | Steel |
Kharkiv Television Tower (Ukrainian: Харківська телевізійна вежа), most commonly known as the Kharkiv TV Tower (Ukrainian: Харківська телевежа), was a 240.7-tallNaN-tall[1] steel truss television tower for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was 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.
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.[2] The Kharkiv TV Tower was the tallest building in the city and the fifth tallest TV tower in Ukraine.[3]
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.[4] [5] [6]
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.[7] The following day there was no signal of digital terrestrial television in Kharkiv and the nearby settlements. Authorities announced that the restoration of the TV tower will begin only after the end of hostilities.[8]