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Trapped in a warzone: surrogate mothers and newborns ensnared in Ukraine’s crisis

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Four days after the Russian invasion, Adam and Lara were frantically trying to get into Ukraine. They flew to Poland and managed to flag down a bus to Rava-Ruska, a border town in Lviv Oblast. Then they waited.

Shops were shuttered. Their Polish SIM card didn’t work. Nowhere accepted their euros. As the night drew on, they huddled in a public lavatory to shelter from the piercing cold.