Pregnant and injured Ukrainian blogger in Mariupol gives birth to a girl

Ukrainian blogger Mariana Vishegirskaya, 26, who became famous after being photographed leaving the bombed-out hospital in the city of Mariupol in an advanced state of pregnancy, gave birth to a girl on Thursday night, the Ukrainian ambassador said. Ukraine at the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya.

The baby was baptized as Veronika and is in good health, Ambassador Kyslytsya told the UN Security Council on Friday.

Although the Council session was dedicated to the alleged production of biological weapons in Ukraine, the blogger’s issue was brought up, first, by the Russian ambassador, Vasili Nebenya, who said that in the information war on Ukraine “a false image of a ukrainian blogger has been shown” and alluded to “two different images” of that person as part of “the dirty campaign” that his country suffers.

In past days, Russia He has tried to deny that this woman, a relatively well-known young woman in her country, was in the hospital and presented it as further evidence of the information war.

The Russian ambassador was answered by his Ukrainian colleague, who showed the first photos of the newborn baby on his tablet. “(Mariana) had a very healthy girl last night, her name is Veronika, here she is with her father”, he told the Council diplomats.

“No matter how many lies I can tell Russia about her and about this incident. We don’t care what Russia says, it has no value at all.”settled Kyslytsya.