Talk:Kyiv TV Tower

Tallest towers?
I just read that the Riga Radio and TV Tower is the 11th tallest tower in the world. It is shorter than this tower. Is this the 10th tallest tower or??? Kukini

Wrong height?
The text says that this tower is a bit shorter (by 30 meters) than the Ostankino Tower. However, its height is 385 meters, while Ostankino Tower is 540 meters high. Something is wrong here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gurarie (talk • contribs) 07:55, 1 January 2007 (UTC).

Only PART lattice
It seems wrong to refer to this as a lattice structure (and hence the tallest free-standing lattice structure in the world) because the actual lattice section makes up approximately 45-50% of its total height. The Eiffel Tower for one is 300.86m of lattice steel construction, and that is definitely taller than the lattice section of the Kiev Tower. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.246.56.217 (talk) 07:54, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Still the tallest?
Is this tower still the tallest freestanding steel lattice in the world? The recent completion of the Tokyo Sky Tree (634 m) and the Canton Tower (600 m), which both have a lattice like structure and are made of steel, would suggest that the claim aof being the tallest freestanding steel lattice in the world could be challenged. Astronaut (talk) 09:37, 4 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Probably not, but those articles are handle it differently. The Kiev tower and for example Eiffel tower articles mention in the start that they are lattice towers. Meanwhile the Tokyo Skytree & Canton Tower articles do not mention that in the header, but them being lattice is addressed later in the articles. 109.240.219.111 (talk) 08:15, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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 * "The Soviet government ordered the engineers to shorten the tower by almost 30%, so as not to be as tall as the Moscow one" this statement is unfounded and not documented, it is only in the Ukrainian media and has a clearly nationalist character Цйфыву (talk) 17:36, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
 * И кладбище было закрыто в 1962 года Цйфыву (talk) 17:44, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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Destroyed?
An edit described the tower as "destroyed" in today's bombardment, without giving a cite. I've reverted the edit. As far as I can see from the video footage, the tower was still there after the bombing. Towers look fragile, but are surprisingly hard to destroy (high strength, low cross-sectional area). It looks like there has been extensive damage to the surrounding area, and the tower itself is quite likely damaged, possibly severely, but as long as it's still standing, it hasn't been "destroyed". -- The Anome (talk) 17:49, 1 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I have opened a discussion for the video we have here which looks like a hit of a tower itself. A photo of aftermath on the tower itself would help, but I didn't see any yet. —Mykhal (talk) 13:50, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
 * So far it seems that the tower was damaged but is still standing. Therefore the article should not say, it WAS the tallest structure in Ukraine. --Maxl (talk) 14:00, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: I might have missed some damage (broken windows? and some hole in the red cabin at the tower? black soot on the left side?) in one of the photos in the report of Ron Ben Yishai I have added moments ago to the article. —Mykhal (talk) 14:05, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Forensic Analysis:
 * Russian Strike on the Kyiv TV tower. In: forensic-architecture.org, 10. Juni 2022 (with video). KurtR (talk) 01:00, 13 June 2022 (UTC)