Air-raid alerts and attacks on schools: the devastating face of education in Ukraine
What was announced
Ukraine has sustained almost 2,000 attacks on education since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, with some 270 this year alone, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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- “Ukraine has sustained almost 2,000 attacks on education since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, with some 270 this year alone, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.”
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- United Nations (Level 8 of 10) · more news
- United Nations Children's Fund (Level 8 of 10) · more news
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- Original: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/11/1168724
- Published 2026-11-03 12:00:00 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-11-03 14:00:09 UTC from UN News
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