# Ukraine's other front in its war with Russia: A fight to have more babies

https://mins.news/en/video/84245

- NBC News, 2026-10-02 23:56 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inyYbuEzDIQ

> With deaths exceeding births in Ukraine by more than three to one, having children in the war-torn country has become an expression of national pride and even a means of survival. NBC News' Richard Engel reports from an underground bomb shelter converted into a delivery room.

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