The pregnant woman, who was photographed while escaping from the hospital in Mariupol, bombed by the Russian troops, has given birth to a healthy daughter.
The image of Mariana Vishegirskaya – with her heavily-pregnant belly and face covered in blodd, has quickly become viral. And was widely shared as an example of the horror of the war.
The following day the image was shot, Mariana gave birth to her baby. The newborn was called Veronika.
Sergiy Kyslytsya, who held up a picture of Ms Vishegirskaya and her newborn daughter during remarks at the UN, hit out at "Russian lies" about her in the aftermath of the attack.
Ms Vishegirskaya became the subject of a Russian disinformation campaign after the bombing.
The Russian embassy in the UK tweeted a conspiracy theory that Ms Vishegirskaya was an actress and the aftermath of the attack had been staged.
Twitter later removed the Russian embassy's tweets, saying they violated rules "related to the denial of violent events".
Further claims circulating online suggested that Ms Vishegirskaya was not even pregnant. However, the beauty blogger revealed she was pregnant in January to her followers - weeks before the invasion - and later asked them if whether they thought she would have a girl or a boy.
Mr Kyslytsya produced the photo of Ms Vishegirskaya on Friday afternoon, telling those assembled he wanted to share "very good news".
"Miss Mariana, the pregnant woman gave birth to a healthy daughter last night. Her name is Veronika. Here she is with her father. No matter what the Russian lies are about herself, her family, and the incident," he said.
Source: Daily Mail
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