Doctors Jessie and Jacob Boeckmann, from Orange County, California, flew to the Ukrainian capital ahead of their daughter Vivi s birth on February 22 and are now safely home.
Due to Russia s invasion of Ukraine, nineteen newborns and their nannies are taking refuge in the Kyiv basement as their anguished biological parents cannot undertake the risky journey.
These heartrending photos of surrogate babies in a makeshift basement clinic in Kyiv shine a light on the difficult situations faced by those involved in Ukraine s booming global surrogacy industry.