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In wartime Ukraine, babies are delivered in bomb shelters

In the fifth year of full-scale war with Russia, Ukrainians are attempting to carry on with their daily lives, albeit with some modifications.

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Surgeons deliver Maryna's baby at an underground hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Sept. 2, 2026.
Surgeons deliver Maryna's baby at an underground hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Sept. 2, 2026.

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. It’s Emily. Yasmin will be back next week. Today, Richard Engel reports on the modifications some Ukrainians have made to daily life in the midst of a full-scale war with Russia, namely how doctors, patients, teachers and students have moved underground. Let’s get into it. Life goes on in the time of war — to the extent that it can. In Ukraine, now in its fifth year of battling a full-scale invasion by Russia, life has required adaptation amid persistent bombing campaigns.

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