Kyiv maternity ward, babies are born during air raids

At Kyiv City Maternity Hospital No. 2, two women gave birth during active air-raid alerts amid Russia’s intensified drone and bombing campaign. Alyona Bohatyrenko, 32, delivered on the ward while alerts warned of incoming jet-propelled drones, and she described the moment as “not normal” but something people “get used to.” Yuliia Ishchuk, 26, gave birth last Wednesday; her husband Vitalii, 30, recalled that the waters broke at 3 a.m. before the couple had prepared. Kyiv has faced near continuous attack pressure since Russia escalated bombing on August 27. With attacks now around the clock, officials warn winter could worsen conditions as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy system.