"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."Derzhprom was the first skyscraper built in the Soviet Union. Around 9 p.m. local time, a series of explosions occurred in the city. The strikes caused a fire and heavy smoke in the central part of Kharkiv.At least eight people were injured in the attack, according to Ukraine's Emergency Service. "The Derzhprom — a building known to every citizen of Kharkiv — wasn't destroyed during World War II, and now Russians are trying to destroy it," Volodymyr Tymoshko, the head of the Kharkiv regional police, told the Kyiv Independent reporter on the ground shortly after the strike.