Schools in Zhytomyr to switch to remote learning following Russian strike

Schools in Zhytomyr left without heating following a Russian strike on a boiler house on the evening of 7 November will temporarily switch to remote learning. Children attending unheated kindergartens will be relocated to alternative facilities.

Source: Zhytomyr City Council

Details: School administrations will notify parents about the transition to remote learning via school chat groups.

Children from kindergartens left without heating will be temporarily transferred to other preschool education institutions. Parents will also be informed via chat groups.

City hospitals and outpatient clinics continue to operate, with treatment processes remaining uninterrupted.

Utility services are working flat out to repair the damaged boiler house and return heat to residential buildings and institutions across the city.

Background: On the evening of 7 November, the Russians launched a massive drone attack on energy infrastructure in Zhytomyr Oblast, specifically damaging a boiler house in Zhytomyr and destroying an electrical substation in Ovruch.

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