Kherson_TV_Tower
Kherson TV Tower
Communications Tower, Telecommunication Tower in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Kherson TV Tower (Ukrainian: Херсонська телевежа "Kherson TV Tower") was a 199 m (653 ft) tall steel space framed truss communications tower located in the Ukrainian city of Kherson.[2][3][4] The building was uniquely built, having been built by using the cross bracing system.[2] The tower was a truss TV tower, specifically, a Vierendeel truss tower, wherein a structure's members are not triangulated but form rectangular openings instead (see Vierendeel Truss).[2] The tower had an antenna that measured 199.95 m (656 ft) and a roof that measured 189.89 m (623 ft).[2][3] The tower possessed a total height of 200 m (656 ft), and was the tallest structure in the Kherson Oblast.[2]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the tower was destroyed by retreating Russian forces on 10 November 2022.