Mayor's Greetings on Knowledge Day
The mayor of Odessa expressed his heartfelt wishes to students and educators on the occasion of September 1:
"September 1 is always a significant day. A day when millions of children return to their desks, open their notebooks, and start a new chapter in their lives. Even now, in the most challenging times, this tradition continues. I want to bow deeply to our teachers. You are true Heroes. You conduct lessons amidst sirens, in shelters, online, often under difficult conditions. Yet you keep teaching. Because you know: knowledge is our future. You are shaping a generation that will rebuild and develop Ukraine. I am proud of our children. They show incredible strength - learning despite everything. They open their textbooks during alarms, engage in online classes, study in shelters, and continue their education in classrooms after the all-clear. You prove to all of us that Ukrainian children cannot be scared or broken. Today, I congratulate all Odessans on Knowledge Day. I wish inspiration, wisdom, and strength to teachers, patience and support to parents, and a thirst for knowledge and self-belief to our children. Together we hold the future in our hands. And together we bring closer the day when every school will operate under a peaceful sky," said Gennady Trukhanov.
