Beyond broken schools: how war disrupts education in Ukraine

Around the world, education is under attack, impacting millions of children. In Ukraine alone, more than 1,800 schools have been damaged or destroyed since 2022, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), depriving countless children of their right to safe learning.

But the crisis goes beyond damaged buildings. Nelson Rodrigues, Education Specialist for UNICEF Ukraine, told UN News that children’s well-being has been severely damaged by constant air raid alerts, living underground in shelters – and the psychological toll of uncertainty.

He told UN News's Nargiz Shekinskaya the disruption is not only about shattered classrooms – it’s also about the daily resilience children must show just to keep learning under fire.