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Russia sees major rise in sperm freezing as men sent to war by Putin plan for death

Russia is seeing a major rise in sperm freezing as men mobilised by President Vladimir Putin plan for children if they are killed in Ukraine.

They are rushing to reproductive clinics before heading for the war zone.

Professor Igor Vinogradov, chief physician of the Scientific and Practical Centre for Reproduction in Moscow, said there had been a surge of new requests to store sperm by conscripted men.

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