Another year of war for Ukraine pupils

First-graders studying during a lesson at the 61st secondary school in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. — AFP

LIKE millions of Ukrainian children, Kyiv teenager Sofia Klochko is finishing up a third school year marked by war and the constant stress of air raid sirens and strikes.

“It was really difficult but I got used to it,” said the blue-eyed 13-year-old, who attends school number 61 in central Kyiv, ahead of the end of the school year recently.