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Kharkiv’s Metro School: Learning Underground

A student and teacher give their take on subway schooling

Schools in one of Ukraine’s most dangerous cities have taken evasive action to escape frequent Russian missile strikes.

In Kharkiv they’ve opened up temporary classrooms in metro stations to keep children safe from attacks.

In this episode we hear from a teacher and a fifteen-year-old student about what school life is like underground.

Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Nick Holland and Arsenii Sokolov. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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