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BBC: Premature births dramatically spike in Ukraine.

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Doctors in Kharkiv and Lviv have reportedly observed the rate of premature births double or triple due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They cite a rise in infections, lack of medical attention, and poor nutrition as reasons for the spike.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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