US to Help Ukraine Print School Textbooks as Russia War Disrupts Printing Houses

USAID will help Ukraine print textbooks for elementary school children as the Russia–Ukraine war continues to disrupt Ukraine’s domestic printing houses.

A destroyed school in Verbivka, recently recaptured from Russia by the Ukrainian army in a lightning counter-offensive, in eastern Ukraine, on Sept. 15, 2022. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images

The United States plans to pick up the slack in producing elementary school textbooks in Ukraine as the country’s printing industry continues to suffer in the war with Russia.

“Russia is waging a war not just against the Ukrainian military, but also against the Ukrainian people,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a June 24 statement.