Schools In Kyiv Targeted By Bomb Threats As Kids Return To Classrooms

First-graders play near a school before a ceremony to mark the start of the new school year in Kyiv on September 1.

Police in Kyiv said bomb threats to the city's schools were registered on September 1, the first day of the new school year. Police said they were checking educational facilities along with units of the State Emergency Service. Few other details were immediately available. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.