'War’s Toll on Schools and Children’s Future:' Human Rights Watch publishes report on destructions of kindergartens and schools by Russian military

Since February 2022, over 3,790 educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed by Russia, Human Rights Watch said in a report and video.

The 71-page report, “Tanks on the Playground,” documents the damage and destruction of schools and kindergartens in four Ukrainian regions during the first months of the fighting. Most of the damage to educational facilities resulted from aerial attacks, artillery shelling, rocket strikes, and, in some cases, attacks using cluster munitions – causing significant damage to roofs, the collapse of walls, and major debris in classrooms. Russian forces frequently looted and pillaged schools they occupied, a war crime.