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Construction is underway at an underground version of at Gymnasium No. 71 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Construction is underway at an underground version of at Gymnasium No. 71 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Builders inspect the construction of an underground version of School No. 88 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Builders inspect the construction of an underground version of School No. 88 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

FILE - This April 26, 2023, file photo, shows Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant seen from a memorial to victims of a 1986 meltdown. To this day, the area around the plant, known in Russian as Chernobyl, is off-limits except to the technical staff needed to keep it safe. (AP Photo/Wladyslaw Musiienko)

FILE - This April 26, 2023, file photo, shows Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant seen from a memorial to victims of a 1986 meltdown. To this day, the area around the plant, known in Russian as Chernobyl, is off-limits except to the technical staff needed to keep it safe. (AP Photo/Wladyslaw Musiienko)

With the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the background, a bicyclist travels along a path in Nikopol, Ukraine, Sept. 2, 2024. Russian forces have controlled the plant since the first weeks of the war. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

With the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the background, a bicyclist travels along a path in Nikopol, Ukraine, Sept. 2, 2024. Russian forces have controlled the plant since the first weeks of the war. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

First-graders at Gymnasium No. 6 attend a traditional back-to-school ceremony in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

First-graders at Gymnasium No. 6 attend a traditional back-to-school ceremony in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children from Gymnasium No. 6 spread out their books in a school basement during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children from Gymnasium No. 6 spread out their books in a school basement during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Classes continue underground at Gymnasium No. 6 despite an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. Missiles and bombs strike daily, so the city has begun on a dozen subterranean schools designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Classes continue underground at Gymnasium No. 6 despite an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. Missiles and bombs strike daily, so the city has begun on a dozen subterranean schools designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children from Gymnasium No. 6 head to a basement set up with classrooms during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. The city is building a dozen subterranean schools designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children from Gymnasium No. 6 head to a basement set up with classrooms during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. The city is building a dozen subterranean schools designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Construction workers dig out an underground school at Gymnasium No. 71 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024, one of a dozen planned for the city and designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Construction workers dig out an underground school at Gymnasium No. 71 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024, one of a dozen planned for the city and designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2022, file photo, people wait to receive iodine tablets being distributed at a school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia. The city faces the twin threats of daily Russian bombs and fears of radiation from the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant nearby. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2022, file photo, people wait to receive iodine tablets being distributed at a school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia. The city faces the twin threats of daily Russian bombs and fears of radiation from the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant nearby. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia region, speaks during an interview in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia region, speaks during an interview in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Builders work at the construction site of an underground version of School No. 88 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Builders work at the construction site of an underground version of School No. 88 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children go to the school basement to continue their studies during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children go to the school basement to continue their studies during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children from Gymnasium No. 6 go to the school basement to continue their studies during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children from Gymnasium No. 6 go to the school basement to continue their studies during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Builders work on the roof of the underground version of School No. 88, which is heavily fortified and designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. The front-line city plans a dozen similar schools to allow education to continue in a war zone. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Builders work on the roof of the underground version of School No. 88, which is heavily fortified and designed to be radiation- and bomb-proof. The front-line city plans a dozen similar schools to allow education to continue in a war zone. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2022, photo, a woman distributes packs of iodine tablets to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. The war in Ukraine heightened fears about fallout in the city, which is near a Russian-controlled nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2022, photo, a woman distributes packs of iodine tablets to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. The war in Ukraine heightened fears about fallout in the city, which is near a Russian-controlled nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Children from School No. 88 rehearse a dance before the traditional back-to-school ceremony in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Children from School No. 88 rehearse a dance before the traditional back-to-school ceremony in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)