After seven months of no school, children enjoy catching up with their classmates over lunch.
The Once-Festive Sound of Ukraine’s Opening School Bells
The first day of school was always a big deal in Ukraine, with parents, grandparents and well-wishers coming to watch their children begin another year of academics. But this year, seven months into a horrific and seemingly endless war, schools in Odessa, Zhitomer, Zhytomyr, Vinitsa, Bila Tserkva, Chernivtsi, Kamianske, Kryvyi Rih, and Cherkasy have opened, but without the usual fanfare.
