Russian strikes on Ukrainian higher education institutions are not new. #Free2Think2026 recorded damage to universities on at least 17 separate occasions, aligning w/ the “severely restricted” rating in the #AcademicFreedomIndex: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/free-to-think-2026/#Ukraine

Data from the #AcademicFreedomIndex reveals declining #AcademicFreedom worldwide. In 2026, the AFI found that academic freedom dropped significantly in 50/179 countries analyzed, including 13 countries & territories in #Free2Think2026: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/free-to-think-2026/