80,000 women fleeing Ukraine are heavily pregnant or about to give birth
This week, it's been reported that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has displaced more than 2.5million people. Since Ukrainian law stipulates that men between the ages of 18 and 60 must stay in the country to potentially fight on the front lines, the vast majority of those are women and children.
The tweet was removed by Twitter after complaints from the UK government - with Boris Johnson's spokesperson stating it was clear 'disinformation'. Marianna has since given birth to healthy baby girl, according to Ukrainian press. Speaking with Grazia, Plan International’s Gender in Emergencies Advisor Alexandra Parnebjork emphasised that the situation for expecting mothers – including those who are very young – is ‘dire’ in the war zone.
‘With the intensification of the war in Ukraine, increasing numbers of pregnant women are having to flee their homes and give birth in bunkers, in the basements of hospitals,’ he told us. ‘It is essential that doctors working in these horrendous conditions get the supplies they need. The first 60 tonnes of UNICEF’s convoy last week were almost exclusively medical supplies – surgical equipment, resuscitation kits, midwifery kits.
Speaking of the unfathomable position she’s found herself in with her new-born, Valeria told James she was ‘mentally, not the best.' ActionAid partner Polska Akcja Humanitarna are delivering food and transport to Hrebenne, a village in southeastern Poland, where Nataliya and her family are now being cared for in hospital.On top of the perilous work of delivering a child with the scarcest of provisions, mothers who have recently welcomed babies being met with bureaucratic hurdles preventing them from accessing safe passage to neighbouring countries with their newborns.
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