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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Weronika Strzyżyńska in Warsaw and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv

Rush to get emergency contraception into Ukraine as reports of rape rise

Volunteers from the Norwegian organisation Paracrew supply food and medical supplements to Ukraine.
Volunteers from the Norwegian organisation Paracrew supply food and medical supplements to Ukraine. Photograph: Anna Liminowicz/The Guardian

Efforts are under way to get emergency contraception into Ukrainian hospitals as quickly as possible, as reports of rape after the Russian invasion continue to rise.

About 2,880 packets of the medication, also known as the morning-after pill, have been sent by International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to Ukraine, while a network of volunteers across Europe has been collecting donations of the medication from abroad and delivering them to hospitals.

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