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Giving birth in a bunker in Kyiv: ‘I said to him you’re a new Ukrainian’

Viktoria, 32, describes the birth of her first child last Friday in a hospital underground shelterUkraine – latest updatesIt was the second day of the war. I was really nervous – we were hearing explosions. I was praying to meet my son. I started to clean everything in my house, preparing for the baby, and even when I started to feel the pain, I couldn’t believe I’d be giving birth during war.Me and my husband were afraid to drive to the hospital because of the explosions. First we had to spend about 30 minutes in a queue to get gas. Then we were riding through Kyiv and it was empty – I’d never seen such an empty city. We heard the sound of sirens. It was scary, like a movie, but I was trying to stay positive. Continue reading...

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