Article 5WHV3 Fear, darkness and newborn babies: inside Ukraine’s underground shelters

Fear, darkness and newborn babies: inside Ukraine’s underground shelters

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Tess McClure and Miranda Bryant
from World news | The Guardian on (#5WHV3)

As war rages above ground, Ukrainians have sought safety in metro stations and basements

In the bunkers and underground tunnels of Kyiv, life continues underground, even as explosions sound overhead.

Teens sit glued to iPhones, parents tuck quilts around their children to sleep. Some hold pets, while others sit in darkened, unmoving subway cars. And babies arrive. In one shelter in Kyiv, a woman gave birth to a girl, Mia.

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