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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hanna Arhirova

Joy amid sorrow: 1st birthdays muted for Ukrainian parents

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Anastasiia Morhun knew having a baby would change her life. She prepared rigorously, read up about newborns and daydreamed about the kind of parents she and her husband would be. But there was no way to be ready for the war that Russia unleashed against her country Feb. 24, 2022 — the day she gave birth to Roman.

“In one moment, everything was ruined,” Morhun said.

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