# Ukrainian schools hear air-alert wails instead of the first-bell welcome

https://mins.news/en/item/40812

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-01 18:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-schools-hear-air-alert-wails-instead-of-the-first-bell-welcome/

> Thousands of Ukrainian children began the school year on Sept. 1, but Russia’s sixth consecutive day of air attacks on Kyiv forced traditional first-bell ceremonies underground. Some schools shifted to hybrid or fully remote learning, while pupils continued lessons amid repeated air-raid sirens.

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