Due to intense fighting and resistance of the Armed Forces, the invader was pushed back and took up a firing position in school No. 134 at 220 Shevchenko Avenue, and on February 27, due to detonation of ammunition, a fire started in the building, which completely destroyed it in a matter of hours. In May, a video of the students’ graduation dance was filmed at the entrance to the school as a manifesto for the continued life and functioning of the school in the future. Currently, the building is preserved, a restoration project will be developed in the near future.

Author – Gwara media (Kharkiv), Pixelated Realities (Odesa)
Object name, scanning location – School 134, Shevchenko Avenue, Kharkiv
The date of destruction February 27, 2022
Scan date October 2022

These landmark statues are unique monuments of Ukrainian sacred art of the Middle Ages of the IX-XIII centuries. The exact date of damage to the status complex is unknown, because it remained under occupation for a long time. At the end of the year, it became known about the destruction of one of the statues and mechanical damage to others. Currently, conservation work has been carried out to protect and shelter the statue to avoid further damage.

Author – Gwara media (Kharkiv), Pixelated Realities (Odesa)
Object name, scanning location – Polovtsian statues, Izyum, Kharkiv region
The date of destruction – in the summer of 2022 during the occupation
Scan date 5 November 2022

“The Russians hunted him, but did not destroy him”

This year, the 300th anniversary of the outstanding Ukrainian philosopher-traveler acquired even greater symbolism, because his sculptural portraits and statues survived among the ruins of the museum and university. The white silhouette of the philosopher among the ashes and burning is a new symbol of Ukrainian culture.

On April 7, a rocket hit the H.S. Skovoroda National Literary and Memorial Museum, completely destroying the building. Currently, it is known that the old building can be restored. Among the needs – a temporary roof is needed to prevent the destruction of the house due to climatic factors.

Author – Gwara media (Kharkiv), Pixelated Realities (Odesa)
Object name, scanning location – National Literary and Memorial Museum of H.S. Skovorody, Skovorodinivka, Kharkiv region,
The date of destruction – 7 April 2022
Scan date end of May 2022

Derzhprom or Building of State Industry is the first Soviet 13-story skyscraper, an architectural monument in the constructivist style, one of the three Kharkiv skyscrapers built in 1925-1928. The building is located on the central square of the city of Kharkiv and is part of a unique architectural ensemble of Freedom Square.

Added to the preliminary list of UNESCO.

The Freedom Square, the biggest square in Europe, has suffered lots of enemy shelling episodes since the start of the russian war against Ukraine. The most devastating strike hit the neighbouring building to Derzhprom — the building of Kharkiv Oblast Administration and the volunteer centre near it.
It was first 3D scanned with a drone in 2018 by the Skeiron team. In 2022 the photogrammetry has been refined with a ground survey by Gwara Media reporters and assembled into a more accurate model by Pixelated Realities. Compilation of efforts of four different organisations.

Author – Gwara media (Kharkiv), Pixelated Realities (Odesa), Skeiron (Lviv)
Object name, scanning location – Derzhprom, Kharkiv.
The date of the destruction is possible during the mass shelling of Kharkiv
Scan date summer 2022

This 3D model was created as part of the “Kharkiv Architecture Manual” project, implemented by the Urban Forms Center with the support of the House of Europe. The video was created for the Museum of Ukrainian Victory.

In February, brutal street battles continued almost in the center of Kharkiv – the Russians encountered fierce resistance from Ukrainian defenders, who prevented the enemy from advancing. After a fierce battle, Russian soldiers were pushed back to school No. 134, where an explosion occurred on February 27 and the building burned down. A lot of burnt and damaged equipment was left on the nearby streets. The burned ZIL of the Armed Forces stood for a long time in front of … And he was waxed until the moment of his evacuation to the “burnt equipment cemetery”

Author – Gwara media (Kharkiv), Pixelated Realities (Odesa)
Object name, scanning location – Burned military truck ZIL, Kharkiv
The date of destruction February, the beginning of March 2022
Scan date April 2022

23.03 the monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Kharkiv was lined with sacks to protect against bombing. The monument’s height is over 16 meters, and Taras Shevchenko himself is 5.5 meters. The statue is now a monument to the Ukrainian people, who protect its culture even under the shelling. This became possible thanks to the state program for the protection of cultural heritage sites.

All footage was taken from the ground with a photocamera. By Serhii Prokopenko, Gwara Media, 3D scanning as a war journalist. Fedir Boitsov and Alik Kadoum, Pixelated Realities, 3D artists.

Due to the martial law in Ukraine, it is prohibited to take photos and videos, use drones without a journalist accreditation and a approval of local military administration. Don’t try this in Ukraine, or you are doing it at your own risk.

Author – Gwara media (Kharkiv), Pixelated Realities (Odesa)
Object name, scanning location – Monument to T.G. Shevchenko, Kharkiv (City Garden named after Taras Shevchenko)
The date of destruction – none
Scan date April 2022