Surrogacy babies stranded in basement on the outskirts on Kyiv

STRANDED surrogacy babies are being cared for in a makeshift clinic on the outskirts of Kyiv. It is too dangerous for couples to enter the capital to collect the 21 children amid the airstrikes. ReutersUkrainian nurse Oksana Martynenko and her colleagues are now looking after them in a basement[/caption] ReutersIt remains unclear when couples will be allowed to take their out of the country[/caption] Ukrainian nurse Oksana Martynenko and her colleagues are now looking after them in a basement. She said: “We cannot leave these babies. It is not their fault that parents cannot come to take them.” Only two couples, from Germany and Argentina, have so far made it to Kyiv to collect their children. It remains unclear when they will be allowed to take them out of the country. Read more on Ukraine CHAOS RULES Live Ukraine war updates as Putin accused of making 3 MAJOR invasion errors SLAUGHTERED 10 ‘killed by shelling queuing for bread as surrendering civilian is shot dead’ Ukraine is an international surrogacy hub, involving thousands of babies each year. Exhausted nurse Antonina Yefymovych added: “We don’t have time to rest. It is tough, tough. Most read in The Sun HARSH REALITY Jeremy Kyle Show counsellor Graham Stanier breaks silence and defends show RED ALERT Russia BANS Joe Biden and demands Alaska as state TV calls for nuke strikes on US beach babe Katie Price shows off huge new boobs and has ANOTHER tattoo in Thailand ENDER JEAN? EastEnders Jean rides a rollercoaster in a wedding dress after quitting Walford WHAT'S IN A NAME I changed my daughter’s name when she was 10 days old HE'S SICK! Emmerdale fans demand Cain Dingle is jailed for forgotten paedophile storyline Help those fleeing conflict with The Sun’s Ukraine Fund PICTURES of women and children fleeing the horror of Ukraine’s devastated towns and cities have moved Sun readers to tears. Many of you want to help the five million caught in the chaos — and now you can, by donating to The Sun’s Ukraine Fund. Give as little as £3 or as much as you can afford and every penny will be donated to the Red Cross on the ground helping women, children, the old, the infirm and the wounded. Donate here to help The Sun’s fund Or text to 70141 from UK mobiles £3 — text SUN£3£5 — text SUN£5£10 — text SUN£10 Texts cost your chosen donation amount (e.g. £5) +1 standard message (we receive 100%). For full T&Cs visit redcross.org.uk/mobile The Ukraine Crisis Appeal will support people in areas currently affected and those potentially affected in the future by the crisis. In the unlikely event that the British Red Cross raise more money than can be reasonably and efficiently spent, any surplus funds will be used to help them prepare for and respond to other humanitarian disasters anywhere in the world. For more information visit https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/disaster-fund