Russian attacks throughout July and August destroyed at least 35 locations connected to the production and sale of books, including warehouses, bookstores, and printing presses. ^[1] The destruction of publishing infrastructure has resulted in the loss of approximately 12 million books, with nearly 1.2 million of those being textbooks. ^[2] Ukrainian authorities state that approximately 2.2 million students will return to in-person schooling on September 1st, while an additional 750,000 will participate in hybrid learning. ^[3] On September 1, 2026, thousands of Ukrainian children marked the start of the school year in Kyiv despite Russia conducting aerial attacks for the sixth consecutive day. ^[4] Artem Bidenko estimated the financial damage to books alone at two billion Ukrainian hryvnia, noting that publishers currently lack the funds to reprint the destroyed textbooks. ^[5] According to Iryna Borzova, up to 800,000 children are likely to adopt a hybrid model, while about 200,000 students, mainly in front-line regions, will study completely remotely. ^[6] Iryna Borzova, a member of the Ukrainian parliament's Youth and Sport Committee, noted that the number of enrolled first-graders decreased by 10% compared to last year. ^[7] Nataliia Maievska, director of Lyceum No. 257 "Syniozernyi" in Kyiv, stated that the first-day ceremony was bittersweet because the experience of seven-year-old first-graders was tainted by the ongoing war. ^[8]