On June 6, 2025, a Russian airstrike caused significant damage to buildings at Ivan Puluj Ternopil National Technical University.

Photos show damage to the buildings, including shattered windows and equipment. A university office reported that almost all the windows in the buildings were broken and nearly 95% of the classrooms were destroyed. There were no reported deaths or injuries on campus.

Scholars at Risk is concerned about military forces targeting higher education facilities in armed conflict. Parties to a conflict may only attack legitimate military targets; where a party suspects that a civilian facility–such as a university building–is being used for military purposes, that party has a duty to take every action practicable to verify that this suspicion is correct before initiating an attack. In the event of such an attack, parties must take all practicable precautions to avoid or minimize damage to civilian facilities. Further, parties must refrain from launching attacks which may be expected to cause disproportionate damage to civilian facilities.

Sources:
https://zaxid.net/raketniy_udar_po_ternopolyu_6_chervnya_korpus_tehnichnogo_universitetu_zaznav_ruynuvan_foto_n1612364
https://provse.te.ua/2025/06/vid-raketnoho-obstrilu-rosiyskykh-okupantiv-postrazhdav-korpus-ternopilskoho-natsionalnoho-tekhnichnoho-universytetu-imeni-ivana-puliuia/
https://terminovo.te.ua/news/117906/