Born in the Bomb Shelter

In March 2022, as Russian missiles struck Kyiv, a young mother named Mariana went into labor in the basement of a maternity hospital. Doctors had moved their entire ward underground. Above them, explosions shook the walls. Dust sifted down from the ceiling. But below, in the fluorescent glow of a makeshift delivery room, nurses coached her breathing, monitors beeped steadily, and at 3:47 a.…