The Kyiv City Council has completely excluded the Russian language from the curricula of communal preschool and general secondary education institutions. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Council.

 It is noted that such a decision was adopted on November 10 at the plenary session of the II session of the Kyiv City Council of the IX convocation by 64 deputies.

 According to Vadym Vasylchuk, deputy of the Kyiv City Council, head of the Standing Committee on Education and Science, Family, Youth and Sports, in the conditions of the war with the Russian Federation, it is inappropriate and incorrect to conduct the educational process and study the Russian language in preschool and general secondary education institutions. belonging to the communal property of the territorial society of Kyiv.

 "The leaders of Russia have repeatedly stated that 'Russia goes as far as the Russian language is spread.' In this regard, the deputy corps of the Kyiv City Council adopted a decision that will avoid the escalation of tension in society and strengthen the protection of the educational space of Kyiv from the hybrid influences of the aggressor state. Language is important, and during war it is a matter of national security," Vasylchuk emphasized.

 The deputy added that the draft decision envisages the implementation of organizational and legal actions aimed at the transition of groups and classes from Russian to the state language.