Reuters —A Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv on Monday shattered much of the Derzhprom building, one of the most celebrated landmarks in Ukraine’s second city, dating from the 1920s.
President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the strike on Kharkiv’s Derzhprom (State Industry) building, one of the most striking examples of Soviet-era constructivism architecture and dubbed the Soviet Union’s first skyscraper.
“Instead of cozying up to him, we must force him into peace through our collective decisiveness.”Reuters news agency video showed parts of the Derzhprom building reduced to rubble and virtually all of its windows shattered.
A view of the destruction of the historic Derzhprom building (The State Industry Building) in Kharkiv, Ukraine on October 28, 2024.
The Derzhprom building, placed on the “tentative” list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, was completed in 1928 when Kharkiv was the capital of Soviet Ukraine.
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