The mayor of Kharkiv announced that his city in eastern Ukraine will build the country's first fully underground school to protect students from repeated Russian attacks by bombs and missiles.

The mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on the Telegram app, "Such a shelter will allow thousands of Kharkiv children to continue their safe direct education even amidst missile threats."

Many schools in frontline areas were forced to teach remotely during the war, with Kharkiv establishing about 60 separate classrooms in metro stations before the start of the school year on September 1, allowing space for over 1,000 students.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Education also stated that 363 educational institutions were destroyed, and nearly 3,800 were damaged across the country.