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Russia sees spike in men freezing sperm before they're conscripted into Putin's army
Russian conscripts are rushing to reproductive clinics before heading for the war zone in Ukraine in a bid to plan for having children after their death. Vladimir Putin recently announced that 300,000 men would be called up to fight, with some suggesting the real figure could rise to one million.There have been videos and pictures online showing the extent that some recruits are going to to avoid the conflict, with some men even walking over the borders to Georgia and Mongolia with their families.READ MORE: Putin's mobilisation 'likely far larger' than 300,000 Russians, says UkraineAnd some other men, according to Professor Igor Vinogradov, chief physician of the Scientific and Practical Centre for Reproduction in Moscow, have requested to have their semen stored.Dmitry Mazurov, head of reproductive at UMMC-Health medical centre in Yekaterinburg, said the same trend was true outside the capital.There have been half a dozen clients a day compared with two or three a month before the war, he said.“They call us and ask if it is possible to get emergency conservation in two hours, without preparation and examinations,” he said.“We have already developed a system [for the mobilised men].“A man comes to the clinic, takes tests, and we freeze the material.“Then when the results come and it becomes clear whether we can use this material in the future."A spokesman at St.
