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A Georgia couple is seeking help for their infant twins, whom they say were born in Ukraine via surrogate on Friday in the early stages of theongoing Russian invasion.
Sasha Spektor and Irma Nuñez say their sons, Lenny and Moishe Spektor, were born premature in Kyiv, the Ukraine capital, at a little more than 32 weeks.
“They came into the world two months early, at the end of a complicated pregnancy and the beginning of a war,” a friend wrote on aGoFundMe pageset up to raise money for the parents' efforts. “Lenny and Moishe are healthy (and hairy!) but need additional medical care before they are strong enough to travel to the United States.”
The babies' early arrival in an invasion has created an additional obstacle, Spektor said in aninterview withTodayon Tuesday.
“The fact that they’re premature plays against us,” he said. “They need to stay put. We need to take them out.”
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“Sasha and Irma will soon head to Warsaw [in Poland], where they will work to coordinate medical transport out of Kyiv then exit from Ukraine for their boys, as well as for the surrogate who carried them, her 6-year-old son, and possibly two other newborns from the same agency,” according to the GoFundMe page.
One of the twins, Moishie, is having trouble breathing, according to theTodayreport.
Spektor, the boys' father, said a hunt for special milk for preemies illustrated the complexities of caring for newborns during the fighting.
He also asked for PresidentJoe Biden’s help.
“Just get our babies out,” Spektor said. “If that’s not possible, at least to Lviv, somewhere westward [in Ukraine], where they would be safe.”
More than $50,000 of the $60,000 goal has been raised for the twins so far.
According to the GoFundMe page, “any remaining funds will go to help other refugees from Ukraine.”
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Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues after the country invaded on Thursday, with forces moving from the north, south and east.
“You don’t know where to go, where to run, who you have to call,” Liliya Marynchak, a 45-year-old teacher in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine,told PEOPLE recentlyof the moment her city was bombed.
“This is just panic,” she said.
Various countries have also pledged aid or military support to Ukraine, whose president,Volodymyr Zelensky, called for peace talks while urging his country to resist.
Putin insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and he is acting in the interest of so-called “peacekeeping.”
“The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine,” President Biden said as the invasion began in force last week.
source: people.com
