UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown visited Kharkiv to observe how an underground school operates in the city's metro system.

Mayor Ihor Terekhov showed UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine Denise Brown how the metro school works

During the meeting, the parties discussed the current situation and challenges facing the city

Kharkiv schoolchildren cannot study in regular schools because the enemy shells the city every day

Kharkiv is home to 56,000 schoolchildren. Almost 2,200 of them attend the underground school

As of today, Kharkiv is protected. Not from the sky – we'll return to the issue of an air defence shield for Kharkiv later. But Kharkiv is not under threat when it comes to defence fortification and our forces' [combat readiness].

President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed on April 6 that the city "is not in danger," citing the region's defensive lines and army readiness.

Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Illia Yevlash stated that the proximity of Kharkiv to the Russian border makes it difficult for mobile firing teams to intercept enemy drones and is a vulnerability against guided aerial bombs.

Russian forces are using D-30 UMPB guided aerial bombs with a range of about 80 kilometers in attacks on Kharkiv.