The former captain of the England national football team, David Beckhamgave his account to Instagram to a doctor who helps women give birth at Kharkivthe city of eastern Ukraine.
Beckham, 46, a former Manchester United and Real Madrid player and co-owner of Inter Miami, an American football team, informed his 71.6 million Instagram followers to follow his profile to see the work of Irina, a pediatric anesthesiologist. , and her team in the middle of the war.
Beckham, the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Children, uploaded a video message urging his followers to support the work of the UN Office in Ukraine.
Kharkiv has been hit by a barrage of Russian strikes that have destroyed many buildings since Moscow launched what it calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine last month.
The Russian president Vladimir Putin says the operation is aimed at disarming Ukraine and removing dangerous nationalists. Western countries have called it an aggressive war and have imposed punitive sanctions aimed at undermining Russia’s economy.
THE Irinahead of the Regional Perinatal Center, uploaded videos showing a basement where, she says, pregnant women and mothers were transported on the first day of the Russian invasion.
He also uploaded photos of newborns connected to oxygen generators, donated by UNICEF.
“The first days were the most difficult. We had to learn how to work with the bombings and the blows. Obviously we take risks, but we do not think about it at all. “We love our job,” says Irina.
One of Irina’s videos shows a woman named Yana hugging her son, Michael, who was born on the second day of the war with respiratory problems. Irina says the newborn is in better health but his family home has been destroyed.
“The doctors and nurses here, we are worried, we are crying, but none of us are leaving.”
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