‘The geopolitical situation has changed’ Russian authorities move to fully ban Ukrainian language from schools in occupied territories — Meduza
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At the start of the 2025–2026 school year, Russia plans to impose a full ban on Ukrainian language education in schools across the territories it occupies in Ukraine. In reality, occupation authorities have already spent years dismantling such instruction and punishing parents who tried to enroll their children in online Ukrainian classes. Journalists from BBC News Ukrainian detailed what the new policy involves and what the Russian authorities’ previous efforts to suppress Ukrainian language education have looked like. Meduza shares a translation of their report.

Please don’t forget that if Ukrainian parents don’t send all their kids to the invader-run schools, they run the risk of having their children kidnapped by the occupier authorities and taken to Russia for “adoption” with new Russian passports and identities. As David Knowles used to say on “Ukraine: The Latest”, please don’t look away.