Schools in Kursk are switching to remote learning due to drone attacks
In the new school year, about 12,000 schoolchildren in Russia’s Kursk Oblast will be studying remotely. Local authorities cite regular drone attacks on the region as the reason.
In total, about 111,800 children are expected to attend schools in the Kursk region this year. The restrictions will most severely affect border areas, where the security situation remains challenging.
One hundred schools will switch to distance learning
This was announced by Natalia Leonova, Minister of Science and Education for the Kursk Region. According to her, in the new school year, 100 out of 109 schools in border areas will operate remotely. As a result, thousands of children will not attend their schools in person and will take classes online.
Nine other schools in border areas will not close completely. For these schools, classes will be organized at schools in Kursk. In total, the region expects about 111,800 students this year.
The reason: drone attacks
The Kursk region is regularly subjected to attacks by Ukrainian drones. Russian authorities report that air defense systems are operational and that drones have been shot down over the region. As a result, additional security measures remain in place in border areas. Specifically, local authorities have decided not to resume regular in-person classes for children at most schools located near the border.
In effect, the new school year for nearly 12,000 children will begin not at their desks, but in front of computer or tablet screens. At the same time, some students from border areas are scheduled to attend school in Kursk. This should allow the children to continue in-person learning, but further away from dangerous areas.
The decision to switch to distance learning highlights just how severely regular drone attacks are affecting the daily lives of residents in the border regions of the Kursk Oblast, according to Russian media reports.
As a reminder, widespread power outages are being reported in occupied Crimea.
As a reminder, on the night of August 16, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a number of key military targets belonging to Russian forces in the temporarily occupied territories.
On the night of August 17, the Ukrainian military struck targets associated with the storage, preparation, and launch of attack drones, as well as their control systems, in Crimea and the Kherson region.
