in ukrainian, who carried the baby. her friend who had done the same for another couple agreed in russian. they wanted their identities hidden before travelling back together to the war zones in the east. the doctor took the baby girl, whose parents are german, to a safe place we agreed not to identify. paid surrogacy is legal here. but biological parents have to brave the war zone to reach their new babies. 20 new babies are being looked after in a clean and warm basement. they are waiting for parents who have got to come a long way. brazil and china, as well as from europe. they're short staffed, the nurses don't get time off. "we try to love them as if they are ours, until their mothers and fathers can get here", said antonina. translation: we just used to teach the parents - to look after the babies.