“They are trying to erase us as a nation”: 12 million books destroyed by Russian attacks in Ukraine
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- Russian attacks have destroyed 12 million books in Ukraine, affecting the country’s education and cultural life.
- A half-burned page from an English children’s book survived an attack on a printing plant near Kyiv.
- The destruction comes as Ukrainian students prepare to return to school.
A half-burned page from an English children’s book survived a missile strike, a fire and the water used by firefighters at a printing plant outside Kyiv. It has become a stark image of how the war is reaching beyond buildings and infrastructure.
The destruction has also hit Ukraine’s education and cultural sectors. As Ukrainian students prepare to return to school, the damage includes an estimated 12 million books destroyed by Russian attacks.
The loss of books places schools and readers among the war’s cultural casualties. The surviving page, pulled from the remains of the printing plant, captures the scale of that damage in a single fragment.
The story’s headline frames the destruction in national terms: “They are trying to erase us as a nation.”
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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