Ukraine's libraries are offering bomb shelters, camouflage classes, and yes, books
One bundle of homemade camouflage netting was packaged with a note reading, "Death to enemies." The libraries are also sending Ukrainian books out of the country, to refugees who have fled.
by Bill Chappell
Mar 09, 2022
2 minutes
Libraries are playing vital roles in supporting Ukraine's war effort, from giving families shelters during Russian bombing raids to making camouflage nets for the military and countering disinformation.
"It's really scary when schools, libraries, universities, hospitals, maternity hospitals, residential neighborhoods are bombed," Oksana Brui, who is the president of the Ukrainian Library Association, told NPR.
Citing civilian deaths and the Russian military's drive to take over nuclear
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