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.
Sasha started having contractions at about 2am on March 15 - having waited for her contractions to become more frequent, a few hours later they began to hear bombing. "In my nightmares I saw this happening in the middle of the night during air raid, during bombing," Ms Mikhaluk, 51, told the PA news agency.
"And it was just that, that's how it happened. There were loud explosions and we felt like probably she needs to go to the hospital before it gets too bad.
