About five thousand suragat mothers give birth in ukraine every year. The couples mostly come from europe, a growing number are coming from china. Dozens of agencies have emerged to help match international couples with local surragates.
Vladimir Putin hopes the threat of cutting off fuel supplies this winter will weaken Europe’s support for Ukraine. European leaders are trying to cobble together a collective response to prevent such fracturing. Before Russia invaded, Ukraine’s surrogacy industry was booming. It has since been disrupted, but not ended. And Britain’s bird populations are changing: we ask why.