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Michael Howie

London couple in Ukraine face ‘nervous’ wait for surrogate baby’s passport

Ben Garratt and his wife are living in Ukraine to oversee paperwork after the surrogate birth of their baby, Raphael (Ben Garratt/PA)

A British couple living in Ukraine while their surrogate-born baby is issued a passport have described their “nerve-racking” wait amid mounting tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

The threat of a Russian invasion has put Nato forces on standby and led the Foreign Office to begin withdrawing some staff and dependents from the embassy in Kyiv – where some British expats said they have bags packed ready to “go west”.

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