Pregnant Viktoriya Sokolovska, 16, sits inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. She has since given birth to a healthy daughter, Emilia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Katia Morozova, 29, holds her daughter Evgenia inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. The centre, roughly 40 km (25 miles) from the closest front line, gives a glimpse of the suffering the war is inflicting on pregnant women. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Elena, 36, checks on her baby Mikhail inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Doctors at the centre anecdotally observed that the smouldering conflict, which would kill more than 14,000 people between 2014 and 2022, was having an impact on pregnancies. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Drawings hang on the wall inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. The centre, roughly 40 km (25 miles) from the closest front line, gives a glimpse of the suffering the war is inflicting on pregnant women. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Oksana Malashta, 29, stands inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. Doctors at the centre anecdotally observed that the smouldering conflict, which would kill more than 14,000 people between 2014 and 2022, was having an impact on pregnancies. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Nurses sit inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. The centre, roughly 40 km (25 miles) from the closest front line, gives a glimpse of the suffering the war is inflicting on pregnant women - their anxiety over where they can give birth, fears of whether the hospital will come under attack, and what doctors have observed to be an increased rate of early labour. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Elena Derdel, 33, checks on her daughter Vanhelia inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. In 2021, about 12 percent of just over 1,000 babies born at the centre were born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, according to data Tsyganok shared with Reuters. Since the February 24 invasion, 19 of the 115 babies born at the hospital were premature, a rate of about 16.5 percent. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A nurse walks inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. Rooms used for births at the Perinatal Centre in the city of Pokrovsk follow the two-wall rule, which says the safest parts of a building are separated from the outside by at least two walls. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Irina Budakova, 24, holds her as-yet unnamed two-day-old boy inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. Rooms used for births at the Perinatal Centre in the city of Pokrovsk follow the two-wall rule, which says the safest parts of a building are separated from the outside by at least two walls. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A nurse walks in a kitchen at Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. Rooms used for births at the Perinatal Centre in the city of Pokrovsk follow the two-wall rule, which says the safest parts of a building are separated from the outside by at least two walls. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Marina Tupata, 26, stands next to her six-day-old baby Sofia, inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 29, 2022. Rooms used for births at the Perinatal Centre in the city of Pokrovsk follow the two-wall rule, which says the safest parts of a building are separated from the outside by at least two walls. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Marina Tupata, 26, stands next to her six-day-old baby Sofia, inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 29, 2022. "I had no chance to enjoy the pregnancy," Tupata said. "As much as I would have liked to walk around and enjoy it, we tried to be at home all the time, not to go anywhere." REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Katya Buravtsova, 35, holds her son Illiusha inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 29, 2022. Buravtsova's second child, Illiusha, was born early, delivered at only 28 weeks. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Pregnant Elizaveta Leontieva, 26, rests inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 29, 2022. The Pokrovsk facility now serves the remaining population of the Ukraine-controlled Donetsk region, about 340,000 people, according to the regional governor. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Marina Tupata, 26, watches as her six-day-old baby Sofia is examined inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 29, 2022. The Pokrovsk facility now serves the remaining population of the Ukraine-controlled Donetsk region, about 340,000 people, according to the regional governor. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Sandbags are seen piled in front of a window inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 29, 2022. "Sometimes we've had to deliver babies during shelling," said Dr. Ivan Tsyganok, head of the centre. "Labour is a process that cannot be stopped." REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Baby Illiusha rests inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Illiusha was born early, delivered at only 28 weeks. But thanks to an incubator and the care he received at the clinic, he is now doing well. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A nurse watches baby Illiusha inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Illiusha was born early, delivered at only 28 weeks but thanks to an incubator and the care he received at the clinic, he is now doing well. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Elena, 36, holds her baby Mikhail inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Doctors at the centre anecdotally observed that the smouldering conflict, which would kill more than 14,000 people between 2014 and 2022, was having an impact on pregnancies. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Doctor Ivan Tsyganok, 56, sits at his desk inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. "Sometimes we've had to deliver babies during shelling," said Dr. Tsyganok. "Labour is a process that cannot be stopped." REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Doctor Ivan Tsyganok, 56, stands inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Tsyganok fears the stress of living under Russian attack has led to a spike in premature births, a fear borne out in initial data from the centre, shared with Reuters, and observed elsewhere in conflict zones. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Doctor Ivan Tsyganok, 56, is pictured inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Tsyganok fears the stress of living under Russian attack has led to a spike in premature births, a fear borne out in initial data from the centre, shared with Reuters, and observed elsewhere in conflict zones. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A nurse stands inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Doctors at the centre anecdotally observed that the smouldering conflict, which would kill more than 14,000 people between 2014 and 2022, was having an impact on pregnancies. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

People walk in front of Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2022. The centre, roughly 40 km (25 miles) from the closest front line, gives a glimpse of the suffering the war is inflicting on pregnant women - their anxiety over where they can give birth, fears of whether the hospital will come under attack, and what doctors have observed to be an increased rate of early labour. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Iryna Salamatina, 36, kisses her son Anton inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Doctors at the centre anecdotally observed that the smouldering conflict, which would kill more than 14,000 people between 2014 and 2022, was having an impact on pregnancies. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Visitors sit inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Doctors at the centre anecdotally observed that the smouldering conflict, which would kill more than 14,000 people between 2014 and 2022, was having an impact on pregnancies. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Baby Maria rests inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Doctors at the centre anecdotally observed that the smouldering conflict, which would kill more than 14,000 people between 2014 and 2022, was having an impact on pregnancies. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MATERNITY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES