Millions of burnt books show how ‘war of endurance’ is hurting Ukraine

KYIV: Viktor Kruhlov, director of Ranok, one of Ukraine’s largest children’s publishers, struggled to hold back tears as he watched pile after pile of his books turn to ash. “It’s a terrible sight to see books burning,” he said. A Russian drone strike on ​Ranok’s warehouse in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on August 1 destroyed about 8 million books, the biggest blow yet to Ukraine’s publishing industry during the four-year-old war.

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