The Russian language was removed from the program of schools and kindergartens in Kyiv

The Kyiv City Council has decided to exclude the Russian language from the curriculum in kindergartens and schools in Kyiv. The deputies called the measure “a matter of national security.”

“This will help avoid increased tension in society,” said Vadim Vasilchuk, head of the Permanent Commission on Education and Science, Family, Youth and Sports. In addition, in his opinion, this will strengthen the “protection of the educational space” of the capital of Ukraine from “hybrid influences of the Russian Federation.”