“On September 1, the doors of schools will open for almost 17,000 students, including over 1,300 first-graders beginning their educational journey”, - reported the city’s “mayor” Oleg Koltsov.
At the same time, according to the Mariupol City Council, in the last year before the occupation, about 40,000 children were studying in Mariupol schools. In 2021, 3,623 first-graders went to school.