Millions of Ukrainian books destroyed in ‘deliberate’ Russian targeted attacks

A pile of books at the Pochaina book market, which was damaged by Russian shelling this month (Picture: Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) School textbooks and books for children are among millions of works that have been destroyed in Russian attacks on Ukrainian warehouses and printers. One of the latest incidents targeted a printing press on the edge of Kyiv which was due to supply 10% of Ukraine’s schoolbooks, according to BBC News. Publishing commercial director Viktoria Haidai told the site she believed the effort was ‘deliberate on the part of the Russian Federation’. She said: ‘The Russians are also destroying printing houses in an attempt to erase Ukraine as a nation. But frankly they will not succeed.’ Several other publishers have reported attacks in recent