In the heart of a nation at war, love persists — urgent, defiant and transformative. In Ukraine, a country battered by the shockwaves of invasion, displacement, and loss, weddings are not being postponed. They are being accelerated. Babies are not merely born into peace. Increasingly, they are conceived under fire. The paradox of romance amidst ruin is no mere curiosity. It reflects deeper demographic, psychological and even strategic currents flowing through Ukraine’s society in wartime.Here we