Damaged? Is it even possible? I mean serious damage worth mentioning? Cosmodrome is a concrete field, rails and a primitive metal armature construction to hold the rocket. It can't be damaged unless the rocket explodes while on the starting table.

It’s the structure that rolls under the rocket to allow techs to work on the engines and stuff while it’s vertical. It rolls out of the way, behind some heat shielding, before and during launch. Looks like the heat shielding failed or it moved, either way it got cooked.

Source: everyone’s favorite internet rocket Scotsman

Why is it described as a Russian cosmodrome instead of a Kazakh one? Is Russia the exclusive user of the launch pad?

russia is the definition of failure. I guarantee you that some of those nukes they keep trying to scare civilized countries would fail too and blow up in their face.

I'm honestly surprised by the location