Russian attacks damage 86% of educational institutions in Kherson community

Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson city military administration, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"At the time of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 151 institutions of secondary, prescho, out-of-scho and vocational education were erating in the Kherson city territorial community. Currently, the enemy has damaged 86% of them," Mrochko said.

According to him, two schos and two kindergartens were destroyed in the community, while 26 educational institutions sustained significant damage.

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As of today, 130 educational institutions in the Kherson city territorial community have been damaged by shelling in almost a year and a half after the liberation, including 59 gymnasiums and schos, 71 kindergartens, 9 vocational education institutions, and 10 out-of-scho educational institutions.

As reported by Ukrinform, as of February 2024, every seventh scho in Ukraine was damaged and nearly 400 educational institutions were destroyed during the war.