In a Kyiv school, children staged a scene depicting the beating of a soldier, prompting a reaction from the fighters. (video)

At school No. 309 in Kyiv, during a festive concert, students from one class presented a performance featuring a soldier who was attacked by a civilian. Vitaliy Sarantsev, the head of the communications department of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Command, shared the students' performance on social media.

The video captures a segment of the festive concert. During the act, a person in military uniform enters the stage holding a folder. A young man in civilian clothes approaches him and knocks him down with a single blow.

"When children perform plays about war within school walls, it can be a way to reflect on tragedy. However, when the script includes a scene depicting the beating of a Ukrainian serviceman, it reveals a serious problem. This is not art or education, but a crisis in understanding who the enemy is and who the defender is," — he wrote.

Vitaliy Sarantsev questioned how society has reached a point where mobilization — a necessary step for the country's survival — has become a subject of ridicule at school events. He suggested that adults are to blame for perpetuating the narrative of the "criminal military enlistment office," while the real criminals remain in the Kremlin.

"War does not forgive mistakes, and one of the biggest is the distortion of concepts. If in the minds of Ukrainian children the Ukrainian soldier is the enemy, and 'taking him down' is seen as an act of heroism, then we all deserve a big fat 'F'. But war does not grade on a curve," — he concluded.

Reactions to the School Skit from the Military and the Public

In the comments under the publication, Ukrainian servicemen urged Ukraine's Minister of Education, Oksen Lisovyi, to investigate the situation, particularly to find out which teachers approved such a performance in the concert program.

So far, the minister has not responded to the controversy surrounding the skit.

On the page of school No. 309, there has been no comment yet regarding the scandal from the Valentine's Day concert, but they have already begun receiving angry remarks from Ukrainians.

The Darniцьka District State Administration in Kyiv has commented on the situation at school No. 309, stating that they will conduct an investigation.

"To investigate the incident recorded during the festive event at school No. 309, during which students demonstrated the beating of a military enlistment representative, the education department of the Darniцьka District State Administration has formed a commission. Based on the commission's findings, an appropriate assessment of this case will be provided," — the statement reads.

It is worth noting that in the Rivne region, conscripted men beat employees of the military enlistment office. They inflicted serious bodily injuries and damaged their vehicle.

On February 5, it was reported that an explosion occurred near the military enlistment office in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi. As a result of the explosion, one man was killed, and four others were injured.