![A college destroyed in Kharkiv on August 2, 2022, by a S-300 missile. Photo was taken on Aug 2, 2022 by Yevhen Tytarenko.](https://maidan.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ZT-GP__0266_ALTA2313649911024118275-2-scaled.jpg)
S-300 missiles were originally designed in the USSR as surface-to-air missile systems, these have been adapted by Russia for terrorizing the population of Kharkiv apparently because of large stocks of the missiles and proximity of the city to the Russian border, in spite of poor suitability of these systems for aiming land targets.
![Kharkiv. A library burnt in the college destroyed on August 2, 2022, by a S-300 missile. Photo was taken on Aug 2, 2022 by Serhii Petrov.](https://maidan.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DSCN8051-scaled.jpg)
Return to FRACTURE. Documents from Kharkiv