Ukraine's children start new school year in underground classrooms to avoid Russian bombs

Pupils were returning to schools in Ukraine on Monday for the start of the new academic year in the hope of being able to study safely under the shadow of Russia’s invasion. In Bobryk, a village in northern Sumy region — not far from the front line — one school moved its classrooms entirely into a basement so students, whose education had already been impacted due to COVID lockdowns, could learn in person. “We must do everything so this generation is not lost,” the principal Oleksii Korenivskyi said.