More than 2, 5 thousand Donetsk children do not have the opportunity to visit their school due to artillery shelling from the Ukrainian army, said to reporters, the Minister of education and science of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Igor the village of Kostenki.

" More than 2, 5 thousand children should learn in educational institutions in safer areas, " said the village of Kostenki. He said that certain schools that have adopted children from dangerous areas, began to study in two shifts.

The Minister added that for the transportation of children to school institutions dedicated transport, which operates daily.

information Kostenko, from 151 schools of Donetsk 45 are " beyond the red line " (in the zone of fire of artillery). In many of these schools, the teachers are of distance education of children. The Minister also said that the total enrolment in Donetsk educational institutions is 98% - 60360 people.

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