| Kharkiv government building airstrike | |
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| Part of thebombing of Kharkiv in theBattle of Kharkiv during theRussian invasion of Ukraine | |
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  Building of the regional government, which was damaged with Russian missiles that exploded nearFreedom Square and in its right wing | |
| Location | 50°00′15″N36°14′11″E / 50.00421°N 36.23631°E /50.00421; 36.23631 Kharkiv Regional State Administration andRegional Council inKharkiv,Ukraine |
| Date | March 1, 2022 ~8:01 and ~8:13 (UTC+3)[1][2] |
| Target | Terrorist act |
Attack type | Airstrike[3] |
| Weapons | twocruise missiles "Kalibr"[4][5][6] |
| Deaths | 29[7][8] |
| Injured | 35+[4] |
| Perpetrators | Russian Navy[citation needed] |
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 Відеозапис з камери спостереження onYouTube at the moment of the impact of Russian missiles onFreedom Square and on the building of theKharkiv Regional State Administration (OVA)) |
TheKharkiv government building airstrike occurred on March 1, 2022, when Russian forces attacked the government administrative building of theKharkiv oblast in theKharkiv city.[9][4]
The attack on the Kharkiv government building took place in the context of thebattle of Kharkiv against Russian hostiles coming from the northwest.[10][11]
On March 1, at 8:01 and 8:13 a.m. of EET, Russian military forces fired two missiles against the administration building. This resulted in the death of 29 people, the destruction of the right wing of the building and serious damage to nearby structures in the Freedom Square area.[8] In June 2022, the government building had been recognized as not subject to restoration.[12]
On August 28, 2022, Russian armed forces attacked the building again with twoS-300 ballistic missiles fired fromBelgorod Oblast. The first one made a crater near the right wing of the administration building, and the second one hit the three floor structure behind. There were no casualties after that attack.
It was recorded that the attack weapon were two missilesKalibr,[4][5][6] the attack left an estimated 35 wounded and 29 dead.[13][8][14][15]
On November 13, 2023, a man in Kharkiv was sentenced to life imprisonment for providing information to Russia that contributed to airstrikes on the city, including that on the Regional State Administration building.[16]
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