# Back to School Without Books: russia’s War Turns 12 Million Ukrainian Books to Ashes

An episode of [Terykon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6824717076), 5 Sep 2026, 9:56.

Audio: https://audio.terykon.com/2026/terykon-6707.mp3

Bottom Line: As Ukraine’s fifth wartime school year opened in hybrid mode under constant air-raid alerts, russian strikes had destroyed some 12 million books, roughly a third of this year’s national output, hitting the Konvi printing plant in Kyiv on July 19 and Ranok’s Kharkiv warehouse on August 1, where 600,000 textbooks were lost. With 4,650 educational facilities hit and russian textbooks imposed in occupied territories, the destruction is framed as a deliberate campaign of russification aimed at erasing Ukrainian culture. Back to School Without Books: russia’s War Turns 12 Million Ukrainian Books to Ashes By Giorgio Provinciali and Alla Perdei · 5 September 2026 · terykon.com Narrated by an AI-generated voice. Text by Giorgio Provinciali and Alla Perdei (Terykon).

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