# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYH7PQ_sVYJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65266761-bbcnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7cd48d9bf2.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-09T16:01:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

Karina is six months pregnant, but the foetus inside her womb is not her own.
 
The 22-year-old from eastern Ukraine is a surrogate, pregnant with an embryo from a Chinese couple’s egg and sperm.
 
It was when Karina was in a shop one day, with barely enough money to pay for bread and nappies for their one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, that she decided to turn to paid surrogacy.
 
Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to find out how surrogacy laws in Ukraine might change.
 
#Ukraine #Surrogacy #BBCNews

## Stats

- **Views:** 312,876
- **Likes:** 5,733
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 254

## Tags

bbcnews, ukraine, surrogacy

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