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New pupils in eastern Ukraine don’t get to go out into the playground for break. In fact, some only get a few hours of school per day because they have to share their classrooms with other schools. Those classrooms are in a metro station which provides protection from Russian air strikes.

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00:00For many in this class, it's their first taste of school, but it's not a traditional one.
00:07Here, a hundred school children are taught underground in this metro station.
00:12Some are keen and excited, for others it's all a bit tiring.
00:16But socializing and getting to know new friends and a new teacher is important.
00:22The subterranean school is far from most children's experience,
00:27but as the school day ends, it does have one major advantage.
00:30The right home for the students and their parents is literally a few steps away.

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