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Russia directed more than 70 drone strikes against Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian military. In the past 24 hours, at least six civilians have been killed and 18 others injured in attacks on eight regions in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
The non-occupied and liberated parts of the Ukrainian region of Kherson are under continued Russian shelling. This morning, the Ukrainian governor Yaroslav Yanushevytch reported that it happened 61 times in one day.
About half of the shots were aimed at the city of Kherson, according to the governor, who said residential buildings and school buildings were hit. Kherson was long occupied by Russia, which claimed that the city would forever be Russian. Ukrainian forces retook the city after a Russian retreat across the Dnieper River last fall.
Military education in Russian schools
Governor Janusjevytj reported at noon on Friday that the shelling had continued. He publishes pictures of partially destroyed residential buildings and announces another civilian death.
Starting next school year, Russian schoolchildren will receive military training, according to new directives from the Federal Ministry of Education as reported by the Russian news agency Interfax.
Existing health and safety education will be supplemented with basic military training. The new curriculum shows that students will be able to do drills and military salutes, as well as take a closer look at Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenades, handguns and protective equipment.
Revised curriculum
The changes will come into force in the autumn term of 2023, along with a revised curriculum for the teaching of history in which the events of the year in Ukraine – that is, the war – will be included in the form that the authorities deem appropriate.
Already before this autumn semester, special extra lessons – “important conversations” – were introduced in the Russian primary school which has a deeply patriotic theme and, among other things, deals with the importance of sacrifice for the motherland.