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In the war between Russia and Ukraine, there is a new front that unites both sides. It is the rush of the soldiers to donate sperm to give the wives of those who do not return home a chance to reproduce. Having specific numbers is not easy, but the phenomenon has been known for a few weeks. At the end of December, Moscow made the possibility of donating sperm frozen in a cryobank free of charge for soldiers called up for combat.
Moscow and free access to treatment The decision was immediately reissued by Tass, the Russian state agency: “The families of those drafted into military service have free access to infertility treatments and storage of biomaterial in a cryobank.” Many reacted to the announcement, writes Il Giorno, and according to Fontanka, a St. Petersburg website, there has been an unusual boom in requests to freeze one’s reproductive cells.
In Kiev, 40% of the couples looked after have a soldier in them Many in the ranks of Kiev would also have chosen this path. “Passing on and protecting our genetic heritage is a right and a way to fight back against the Russian genocide,” said Olena Babich, a lawyer specializing in assisted reproduction issues. In Ukraine, donation has been free for some time, and the assisted insemination procedure also provides for significant concessions. Here, where the clinics have always been the target of many foreign couples, today it is Ukrainian families who are asking for help. In the “Mother and Child” clinic in Kiev, 40% of the couples looked after have a soldier. At IVmed, also in the capital, there are about 150 donated soldiers and 50 concepts.