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Ukrainian soldiers headed off to battle are trying to ensure the survival of their bloodlines by freezing their sperm before they leave.

A fertility clinic in Kyiv is offering free fertility services to Ukraine's soldiers amid a future, potentially devastating demographic problem.

Dr. Halyna Strelko, from IVMED Fertility Clinic, told CBS News, “When the war is over, we will have a terrible demographic problem.”

As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian solider had just one regret: He had never had a child. Aware that he could die at any moment, the 29-year-old decided to try cryopreservation — the process of freezing sperm or eggs that some Ukrainian soldiers are turning…

A number of Ukrainian soldiers are using cryopreservation before heading to the frontlines as an assurance they will not die without leaving children behind.

As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian soldier had just one regret

As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian soldier had just one regret

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/some-ukrainian-soldiers-freeze-sperm-amid-war-with-russia/"></div>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian solider had just one regret: He had never had a child. Aware that he could die at any moment, the 29-year-old decided to try cryopreservation — the process of freezing sperm or eggs that some […]&l...

As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian soldier had just one regret.

Some Ukrainian soldiers are turning to the process of freezing sperm as they face the possibility that they might never go home.