KYIV, Ukraine, July 1, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Schools in Ukraine's capital Kyiv 
will re-open for classes at the start of the school year on September 1, the 
city's authorities said Friday. 

Kyiv schools are now on summer holiday and had all gone online after Russian 
invaded Ukraine on February 24. 

"The most important task for the new school year is the safety of students 
and teachers," Olena Fidanyan, head of Kyiv's education and science 
department, said in a statement. 

She said territories adjacent to the schools will be checked for explosives 
and bomb shelters in schools will be restocked with water, medicine and other 
necessities. 

"At the start of the school year, all schools will hold the necessary 
training with teachers and children on actions during an air-raid alert" 
Fidanyan added. 

Those children who have not been able to return to Kyiv will be able to study 
remotely, Fidanyan said.

Several weeks into its invasion, Russia reduced its military activity near 
Kyiv, instead focussing its offensive on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

Hundreds of thousands of Kyiv residents have returned to the city in recent 
weeks with restaurants, supermarkets and other businesses gradually reopening 
to visitors.
 
However, last month a Russian missile strike on a residential building in 
Kyiv left one person dead nad injured several others.