Mariana Vishegirskaya
| Mariana Vishegirskaya | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Marianna Podgurskaya |
| Occupation | blogger |
| Known for | pictures of her wounds, after Russia bombarded her maternity hospital, were published around the world |
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]
The BBC News published an article based on a recent interview with Mariana on May 17, 2022.[5] She told the BBC that when she was finally able to connect to the internet, days after she gave birth, she found death threats against both her and her baby.[6]
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. Retrieved on 2022-03-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Aaron Parsley. Ukrainian Injured in Maternity Ward Strike Gives Birth — as Her Influencer Account Is Targeted, People magazine, 2022-03-11. Retrieved on 2022-03-26. “Vishegirskaya is reportedly a beauty blogger and influencer whose Instagram account has more than 75,000 followers.”
- ↑ Henry Holloway. Pregnant blogger gives birth hours after hospital bombing by Russians whose propaganda machine said she FAKED injuries, The Sun, 2022-03-11. Retrieved on 2022-03-26.
- ↑ Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert. Besieged Mariupol 'remains a Ukrainian city' says official, but conditions are worsening for remaining residents, African business insider, 2022-03-20. Retrieved on 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.”
- ↑ Marianna Spring. Marianna Vyshemirsky: 'My picture was used to spread lies about the war', BBC News, 2022-05-17. Retrieved on 2022-08-12. mirror
- ↑ Lee Brown. Pregnant Ukrainian blogger got death threats after Russia accused her of being crisis actor, New York Post, 2022-05-17. Retrieved on 2022-08-12. “But Russian officials accused the beauty blogger of using her makeup skills to fake her injuries, sparking a torrent of hate, she told the BBC in her first interview with a major Western outlet.”