Woman pictured escaping ruins of Mariupol maternity ward gives birth

Mariana Vishegirskaya, wearing the same pyjamas she was pictured in as she struggled down the stairs of the hospital, was photographed lying in bed holding her newborn daughter

Mariana Vishegirskaya walks downstairs in the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. Credit: Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/Shutterstock

One of the pregnant women pictured escaping the ruins of the Mariupol maternity ward bombed by Russia has given birth to a daughter.

Mariana Vishegirskaya, wearing the same dotted pyjamas she was pictured in as she struggled down the stairs of the devastated hospital, was photographed on Friday by the Associated Press lying in a hospital bed holding her newborn daughter, Veronika.