Mariana Vishegirskaya
Mariana Vishegirskaya is a Ukrainian blogger, who had been documenting the progress of her pregnancy, prior to the Russian attack on Ukraine, in 2022.[1]
In March 2022 reports emerged that Russia had targetted a maternity hospital, and that Podgurskaya was one of injured patients.[1] According to People magazine, prior to her pregnancy Podgurskaya's blog focussed on reviewing popular beauty products, and she had 75,000 followers.[2]
Russian authorities called her a "crisis actor", and tried to cast doubts on the credibility of her claim that she was injured in the attack.[1] The Russian embassy said her wounds were merely make-up, and that the neo-nazis they claimed had taken over Ukraine had emptied the hospital, in order to turn it into a military barracks, or military headquarters.[3]
Podgurskaya successfully gave birth to a daughter, Veronika, at another hospital in Mariupol, two days after the attack.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Marianna Podgurskaya, the Instagram star who became the face of Mariupol bombing, has her baby: The beauty blogger is said to have had a baby girl". The Telegraph. 2022-03-11. Archived from the original on 2022-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220311114247/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/11/marianna-podgurskaya-instagram-star-became-face-mariupol-bombing/. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Aaron Parsley (2022-03-11). "Ukrainian Injured in Maternity Ward Strike Gives Birth — as Her Influencer Account Is Targeted". People magazine. https://people.com/politics/injured-pregnant-woman-seen-at-russian-hit-maternity-ward-gave-birth/. Retrieved 2022-03-26. "Vishegirskaya is reportedly a beauty blogger and influencer whose Instagram account has more than 75,000 followers."
- ↑ Henry Holloway (2022-03-11). "Pregnant blogger gives birth hours after hospital bombing by Russians whose propaganda machine said she FAKED injuries". The Sun. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17915112/russia-pregnant-mum-mariupol-gives-birth/. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert (2022-03-20). "Besieged Mariupol 'remains a Ukrainian city' says official, but conditions are worsening for remaining residents". African business insider. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20220326045553/https://africa.businessinsider.com/politics/besieged-mariupol-remains-a-ukrainian-city-says-official-but-conditions-are-worsening/pcyxqn3. Retrieved 2022-03-26. "Mariana Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Vishegirskaya survived the shelling and later gave birth to a girl in another hospital in Mariupol."