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10/05/2026 17:02 (UTC)

UKRAINE WAR (ADDS VIDEO)

Born from love: Ukrainian widows become mothers using frozen embryos

By Rostyslav Averchuk

Lviv, Ukraine, May 10 (EFE).- Modern reproductive technologies are helping Ukrainian women become mothers after losing their husbands in the war, allowing them to preserve family...
Lviv, May 10, 2026.— Iryna Farion, a 40-year-old widow, alongside her daughter Oleksandra, born nearly three years after her father’s death while defending against Russia. EFE/Rostyslav Averchuk

Lviv, May 10, 2026.— Lubov Mykhailyshyn, director of a fertility clinic in Lviv, Ukraine, says the cases of Ukrainian women giving birth under difficult circumstances are a source of inspiration for many. EFE/Rostyslav Averchuk

Lviv, May 10 (EFE).- Cutting-edge reproductive technologies and a quiet determination are helping Ukrainian women become mothers after losing their husbands in the war.

"She has the same mischievous sparkle in her eyes as her father," Irina Farion, 40, tells EFE with a smile, as she looks at her six-month-old daughter Oleksandra. The girl was born nearly three years after her father, Oleksandr Alimov, died in combat.

CAMERA: ROSTYSLAV AVERCHUK.

FOOTAGE OF IRINA FARION, MOTHER TO OLEKSANDRA, BORN 3 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE GIRL'S FATHER IN COMBAT; AND OF THE LABORATORIES WHERE ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IS PERFORMED IN LVIV, UKRAINE.

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Born from love: Ukrainian widows become mothers using frozen embryos

Born from love: Ukrainian widows become mothers using frozen embryos

Born from love: Ukrainian widows become mothers using frozen embryos

Born from love: Ukrainian widows become mothers using frozen embryos

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