The strike is the biggest in the history of British higher education, affecting over 2.5 million students, according to the University and College Union, which organized the strike.
There are mixed signals over Russia’s plans for the key city of Cherson, which it has occupied since the early days of the war.
The black market rate, which is the rate used by the vast majority of the population, is now 1,300 times the government’s official rate.