A nurse takes blood specimen at IVMED
A nurse prepares to take a blood specimen at the IVMED fertility clinic in Kyiv.
  • A Kyiv fertility clinic is offering free sperm-freezing services to Ukrainian soldiers, per the IBT.
  • An average of five to six soldiers a week are using the service, the clinic's chief doctor said.
  • Soldiers are taking precautions in case they are killed or sustain major injuries while fighting.

Ukrainian soldiers are taking up an offer from a Kyiv fertility clinic to freeze their sperm to make sure they can still have children in the eventuality they sustain severe injuries on the battlefield, or die in combat.