Photo: Mariana Vishegirskaya/Instagram; Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/Shutterstock
Vishegirskaya is reportedly a beauty blogger and influencer whose Instagram account hasmore than 75,000 followers.
The Russian embassy in the U.K. had alleged on Twitter without any evidence that the woman photographed with blood on her face leaving the maternity ward was a crisis actor who faked her injuries,Insider reports.
Mariana Vishegirskaya with her newborn daughter.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/Shutterstock
One of the tweets said the woman, whom they named as Marianna Podgurskaya, used “some very realistic make-up” to make it look like she was hurt in the stage photographed.
A British member of parliament, Nadine Dorries, called the tweets “fake news"on Twitter.
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The social media platform eventually removed the tweets for violating itsabusive behavior policy, which includes “denying mass casualty events took place,” according to Insider.
“This may include references to such an event as a ‘hoax’ or claims that victims or survivors are fake or ‘actors’,” the policy states.
Wednesday’s attack in besieged Mariupol, where residents areburying their dead in a mass graveon the outskirts of town, caused “colossal” damage, its city council said.
“Attacks on health care violate international law and endanger lives,” the World Health Organization said in a tweet. “Health workers, hospitals and ambulances should NEVER be targets.
Mariana Vishegirskaya.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/Shutterstock
Russia’sattack on Ukrainecontinues after their forces launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24 — the first major land conflict in Europe in decades.
With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. Ukraine PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyycalled for peace talks — so far unsuccessful — while urging his country to fight back.
Putin insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and he is acting in the best security interests of his country. Zelenskyy vowed not to bend.
“Nobody is going to break us, we’re strong, we’re Ukrainians,“he told the European Unionin a speech in the early days of the fighting, adding, “Life will win over death. And light will win over darkness.”
Aaron Parsley
source: people.com
