Ex-UVU student tells of surviving, and having a baby, in Ukraine war zone

Anton Piddubnyi and Valentyna Piddubna fell in love in Utah, and returned to Ukraine before the war began.

(The Piddubnyi family) At left, Anton Piddubnyi and his wife, Valentyna Piddubna — former students at Utah Valley University who moved back to their home country of Ukraine last summer — show an ultrasound of their baby to be; at right, Anton looks at his baby girl, Evgenia, who was born March 2, 2022, a week after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

Ex-UVU student tells of surviving, and having a baby, in Ukraine war zone

Anton Piddubnyi and Valentyna Piddubna fell in love in Utah, and returned to Ukraine before the war began.

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