Books that had already been prepared for dispatch were among those destroyed. Photo: Tetiana Berezhna/Facebook
Large-scale Russian attacks on Ukrainian printing companies and logistics warehouses have destroyed nearly 1.2 million school textbooks. The biggest losses have affected textbook print runs for students in Years 4 and 9 (aged approximately 9-10 and 14-15 respectively).
Source: Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), citing Serhii Babak, Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Innovation
Details: Babak said a total of 1,166,874 copies have been destroyed, accounting for 8.6% of the total number of textbooks printed for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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