Russian forces attacked downtown Kharkiv using a FAB-500 bomb on Oct. 28, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. The strike damaged the Derzhprom building (the State Industry Building), which has been under enhanced UNESCO protection since 2022.

Located in Kharkiv’s Freedom Square, Derzhprom is historically significant for its constructivist architectural style and for being the first skyscraper built in the Soviet Union.

“A Russian air strike severely damaged the Derzhprom in Kharkiv, one of the world’s most famous constructivist buildings under provisional enhanced UNESCO protection,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X.

“Appeasement never brings peace; it simply feeds the aggressor’s appetite. Instead, we must isolate the aggressor and increase the pressure on him until he ceases terror.”

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