Maia Mikhaluk’s daughter Sasha was 38 weeks pregnant when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. Then, last week, her daughter was rushed to the hospital with contractions, just as Kyiv was entering a lockdown and battles were raging in the city’s suburbs. In this self-narrated audio postcard, Mikhaluk describes the anguish and hope her family, and hundreds of pregnant women in the Ukrainian capital, are experiencing.
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