Education Minister says whether the new school year will start in the Kursk region

Schools in the territories of Russia's Kursk Region controlled by the Ukrainian military will not start the school year, because Ukraine observes the norms of international law. This was said by Education and Science Minister Oksen Lisovoy in an interview with the BBC.

He pointed out that this issue was discussed "at a serious level" and its participants came to the conclusion that they will not start schooling in the territories of Kursk region, which are controlled by Ukraine, because "there is international law".

We will not do like Russia, but we will do better," Lisovoy said.

Earlier, the deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Mykhaylo Vinnitskyy, said that the Ministry of Education and Science would probably have to draw up a plan on how to provide education for children in the Ukrainian-controlled territories in Kursk Region. At the same time, he assumed that they would be able to organise education by the end of September or early October.

We would like to add that a military commandant's office has already been set up in the Ukrainian-controlled territories in Kursk Region - its head was Major-General Eduard Moskalyov. Meanwhile, Ukraine has already launched a hotline for residents of Kursk Region who want to evacuate and is also working on a possible humanitarian corridor to Sumy.