<p>An apparent Russian airstrike aimed at Kyiv's main television tower killed five people on Tuesday, officials said, knocking out some broadcasts but leaving the structure intact.</p>.<p>After a blast sounded around the city and smoke was seen rising in the Babi Yar district, the emergencies service said five people were also injured in the attack.</p>.<p>Ukrainian officials released footage of charred bodies and cars damaged by the strike, which came during a surge of Russian attacks on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv.</p>.<p>"To the world: what is the point of saying 'never again' for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babi Yar," Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky asked in a tweet.</p>.<p>"Once again, these barbarians are murdering the victims of Holocaust!"</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russia-steps-up-attacks-on-ukrainian-cities-1086702.html" target="_blank">Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian cities</a></strong></p>.<p>The tower is based near the Babi Yar ravine where more than 30,000 were slaughtered by the Nazis during World War II.</p>.<p>The tragedy is commemorated by a memorial statue and is a site of pilgrimage for many Jews.</p>.<p>Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of threatening the memorial.</p>.<p>Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack damaged the tower's transformer substation, which provides it with electricity, as well as some of its hardware.</p>.<p>The interior ministry said that back-up systems would be put into operation to restore programming.</p>.<p>Most Ukrainian channels appeared to be functioning normally about an hour after the strike.</p>.<p>Earlier, the Russian defence ministry spokesman had said that Moscow's forces would hit technological infrastructure in Kyiv "to suppress information attacks on Russia".</p>.<p>But the targets he cited -- the SBU security service and the army psychological operations unit -- did not include the civilian-run television tower in the capital.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>An apparent Russian airstrike aimed at Kyiv's main television tower killed five people on Tuesday, officials said, knocking out some broadcasts but leaving the structure intact.</p>.<p>After a blast sounded around the city and smoke was seen rising in the Babi Yar district, the emergencies service said five people were also injured in the attack.</p>.<p>Ukrainian officials released footage of charred bodies and cars damaged by the strike, which came during a surge of Russian attacks on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv.</p>.<p>"To the world: what is the point of saying 'never again' for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babi Yar," Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky asked in a tweet.</p>.<p>"Once again, these barbarians are murdering the victims of Holocaust!"</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russia-steps-up-attacks-on-ukrainian-cities-1086702.html" target="_blank">Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian cities</a></strong></p>.<p>The tower is based near the Babi Yar ravine where more than 30,000 were slaughtered by the Nazis during World War II.</p>.<p>The tragedy is commemorated by a memorial statue and is a site of pilgrimage for many Jews.</p>.<p>Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of threatening the memorial.</p>.<p>Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack damaged the tower's transformer substation, which provides it with electricity, as well as some of its hardware.</p>.<p>The interior ministry said that back-up systems would be put into operation to restore programming.</p>.<p>Most Ukrainian channels appeared to be functioning normally about an hour after the strike.</p>.<p>Earlier, the Russian defence ministry spokesman had said that Moscow's forces would hit technological infrastructure in Kyiv "to suppress information attacks on Russia".</p>.<p>But the targets he cited -- the SBU security service and the army psychological operations unit -- did not include the civilian-run television tower in the capital.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>