Kharkiv to build Ukraine’s first underground school to protect children

Children in frontline city are currently taught in the underground metro system amid threats from Russia’s missile attacks

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Ukraine’s eastern metropolis of Kharkiv will build the country’s first fully underground school to shield pupils from Russia’s frequent bomb and missile attacks, the city’s mayor has said.

“Such a shelter will enable thousands of Kharkiv children to continue their safe face-to-face education even during missile threats,” Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

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