The image repeats itself in Ukraine. Dozens of children will return to school in a Metro station, where their classes will be moved after 1,300 schools were bombed and totally destroyed. “Here will be the tables, the blackboard and there will even be Wi-Fi,” explains a teacher to the cameras of the city of Kharkiv.

There they have started build underground classrooms to protect students from missiles, a move parents feel is necessary to get things back on track. “The children have not been able to socialize. They need to do it and find a common language,” denounces a mother.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, more than 1,300 schools have been totally destroyed and, as a consequence, two out of three children study from home. This is the case of Oksana, a 14-year-old teenager. the young he returns to his school a year and a half later.

The last time he was there was on the first day of the war. She did it to protect herself from a bombardment. “I was afraid there would be nothing left of the school,” he confesses. Now, as he walks through its halls and some remodeled classrooms, he thinks of one thing. “I dream of going back to school and talking with my friends and meeting my teachers,” she says.

It is the same wish of thousands of Ukrainian children. Many will not be able to fulfill it.