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Ukraine is a popular choice for couples in the U.S. and other countries in need of a surrogate. Here's why — and how Russia's attack is impacting Ukraine's thriving surrogacy industry.
The ongoing war and Russian invasion of Ukraine has not stopped the surrogacy industry. [120] From the beginning of the invasion in February 2022 to July 2023 more than 1,000 children have been born in Ukraine to surrogate mothers. [120] 600 children were born at the BiotexCom clinic in Kyiv, one of Europe’s largest surrogacy clinics. [120]
Commercial surrogacy is legal in Ukraine with an estimated 2,000 children born each year for foreign parents, with Ukrainians seeing it as a lucrative opportunity as the pay can be more than the countries average annual salary. [54] However, due to the war surrogate mothers in Ukraine have reported significant issues caused by the invasion.
The US, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia have the most liberal laws in the world, allowing commercial surrogacy, including for foreigners. [40] Several Asian countries used to have liberal laws, but the practice has since been restricted. In 2013, Thailand banned commercial surrogacy, and restricted altruistic surrogacy to Thai couples. [41]
As of 31 August, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine had documented at least 11,743 civilians killed and 24,614 wounded in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
But when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sparking Europe's largest military conflict since World War II, Vitvitsky shifted her advocacy to charities that were aiding the Ukrainian war effort.
On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians [a] is an essay by Russian president Vladimir Putin published in Russian on Kremlin.ru website 12 July 2021. [1]The essay was published on shortly after the end of the first of two buildups of Russian forces preceding the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Ukraine’s air force shot down 69 out of 73 drones during an overnight Russian attack today, it said in a statement on Telegram. ... Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022 ...