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Woman who survived Mariupol maternity hospital airstrike recounts ordeal

Guardian, 14 Mar 2022
Photos of Mariana Vishegirskaya were seen around the world as she escaped a maternity ward in Mariupol after it was bombed by the Russian military.
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Vishegirskaya, who gave birth to a girl the next day, describes what it was like in the ward when the attack began. Another pregnant woman and her baby have died since the airstrike. Images of the wounded woman being stretchered from the ward to an ambulance have epitomised the horror of the attack.

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