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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Max McLean

Kyiv woman’s ‘nightmares’ become reality as granddaughter born amid bombing

A first-time grandmother in Kyiv has described the moment her “nightmares” came true as bombs began to fall while her pregnant daughter was having contractions.

Maia Mikhaluk’s daughter Sasha was 38 weeks pregnant at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine – their home city of Kyiv continues to be shaken by explosions and gunfire.

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