Czech president meets Ukrainian girl who was humiliated at school

Czech President Petr Pavel met with Ukraine's Polina, who was humiliated by other children at school, and called the incident a disgrace. He stressed that he condemned possible bullying, humiliation and violence in schools. Pavel said this on his Twitter account on June 10.

I condemn bullying, humiliation and violence in schools in general. And in the case of a child who has been forced to leave his country and friends because of the war, and to whom we have provided a safe haven, it is particularly shameful. I appreciate the reaction of the school and parents, and the fact that an apology has been issued. But the scars will remain on my soul," wrote President Piotr Paul after meeting the girl.

It should be noted that this is how the head of the country reacted to the video published earlier. In it, primary school children during a school excursion bullied a Ukrainian second-grader. She was insulted and spat in the face by her classmates. The incident took place in the town of Opoczno.

The girl's mother Polina from Korosteni posted the video online. The Czech students asked the girl if she was Russian, and after she answered that she was Ukrainian, they started insulting her and finally spat in her face.

To add, the mayor of Teteyn, Matej Hlavaty, blamed the system for what happened.

Again and again. Children are the image of their parents. Xenophobia is not born in their heads. It is not the fault of the school, but of the whole system that it cannot deal with it. On the one hand, they will curse the Nazis, but they themselves behave like Nazis," he said.

The Czech Embassy in Ukraine strongly condemned the abusive actions of other children against the Ukrainian schoolgirl.