Russian strikes destroyed up to 15 million new Ukrainian books, nearly half of the country's annual production, according to NYT.

Kharkov: A warehouse of the "Ranok" publishing house was hit by two Russian jet drones. The resulting fire lasted almost a week and burned all 8 million books stored there, including 620,000 school textbooks.

Kiev: A ballistic missile destroyed a significant part of the "Pochayna" book market, which held rare pre-revolutionary and Soviet editions. Strikes also damaged warehouses of other publishers and the major "Konvi" printing house.

The Ukrainian Publishers Association estimates losses at up to 15 million new books, while the Ministry of Culture values industry damage at nearly $40 million. No mass shortage yet, but some students started the year without textbooks.

@Slavyangrad