Photo by Olena Dolzhenko | Kharkiv city. May 19, 2022 | Children ride on swings in front of their school building. In February 2022, a battle with Russian military saboteurs took place here. Due to numerous shellings, explosions, and fires, the school building was completely destroyed.
On 7 May in the village of Bilohorivka, Russian forces bombed a school where people were seeking shelter from the ongoing fighting of the Battle of Sievierodonetsk. About 60 people were killed in the attack. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “appalled” by the deadly attack.