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Kharkiv's children continue education below ground amid Russian airstrikes

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PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In recent weeks, Russia has ramped up its airstrikes on Kharkiv. The eastern Ukrainian city has already faced nonstop bombings since Russia's full-scale invasion started more than two years ago. This latest campaign has left the 1.3 million residents of Ukraine's second-largest city worried about what comes next as the war reaches a critical juncture. Amna Nawaz reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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In recent weeks Russia has ramped up its airstrikes on Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, a city

0:06.2

already facing non-stop bombing since the full-scale invasion more than two years ago.

0:11.3

This latest campaign has left the 1.3 million residents of Ukraine's second largest

0:16.0

city worried about what comes next as the war reaches a critical juncture. My colleagues

0:21.2

and I travel to Harqui when we were in Ukraine last week to file this report.

0:26.0

Despite Russia's relentless attempts to derail daily life,

0:32.0

the city of Kharkiv Kharkiv Kh city of Kharkiv carries on.

0:36.6

Less than 20 miles from the Russian border, shops open daily for business.

0:41.0

Walls are graffiti with local pride pride and fluttering Ukrainian flags line the blocks.

0:47.0

Even the metro still runs on time.

0:50.0

But down here, commuters aren't alone.

0:55.0

Since last September, school children have been attending class inside Harkiv subway tunnels.

1:01.0

It's one of the few places they're safe from Russia's bombing

1:05.7

campaign that's only intensified in recent weeks. Six-year-old Yuleau is one of

1:11.7

more than 800 kids at this station.

1:14.0

Do you know why you're in school down here in the subway?

1:18.0

I'm sure,

1:20.0

because there's a war, there's a war, there's a war.

1:24.0

And what does that mean?

1:26.0

There's a war.

1:28.0

It's where the rockets go.

1:30.0

Do-do-doo.

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