Former England captain David Beckham handed control of his Instagram account to a Ukrainian doctor in the city of Kharkiv on Sunday.

Dr Iryna, head of a regional perinatal centre, spent the day posting videos about the work medical professionals are doing in the midst of the conflict.

Footage showed newborns being treated and a basement to which patients have had to be moved to escape shelling.

Beckham, 46, has more than 71 million followers on Instagram.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star said he wanted to highlight the "amazing work Iryna and health workers like her are doing to save lives in Ukraine".

Dr Iryna, who as well as running the centre serves as a paediatric anaesthesiologist, said her work had been "24/7" since the Russian invasion.

The first days were the most difficult. We had to learn how to work with bombings and strikes," she said.

"We are probably risking our lives but we don't think about it at all. We love our work. Doctors and nurses here, we worry, we cry but none of us will give up.

Kharkiv is Ukraine's second biggest city and has been the target of Russian shelling for more than three weeks.

Dr Iryna described how, on the first day of the war, all pregnant women and mothers had to be moved into the basement of the centre.

"It was a terrible three hours that we spent together," she said.

She added that babies receiving intensive care had to remain upstairs because the life-saving equipment on which they depended could not be moved.

Beckham also encouraged his followers to donate to Unicef, a UN aid agency for which he serves as an ambassador.

He and wife Victoria, who was a singer with the Spice Girls, are reported to have donated £1million to help fund the organisation's work in Ukraine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60819009

Very nice initiative and gesture from David Beckham.
With Well Over 71 million followers.... this us a movement.

Peace is all we what in our world.
And peace we shall have.

Unnecessary deaths everywhere.

Again, Peace is all we need in our world.
We truly hope this war ends soon.
Let's make Love, Not War.


To open the first page of this emotional war situation,
All of us @[/b] : [b]SAY NO TO WAR.

PEACE IS THE ONLY WAY.

cyprex:

Justice is the anchor of peace
Let Europe and America show Justice as regards Russian legitimate security concerns. That is as important as stopping the war since it will bring the much desired peace

You have a good point here also Cyprex.
We concur.

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Very nice initiative from him.
Well Over 71 million followers.

Peace is all we what in our world.
And peace we shall have.

Nothing sweet like waking up in the morning with a free peace of mind

Over here in Europe, they pamper us like eggs
They hate sight of blood

Thank you David for your support

Totilopussylick:
Nothing sweet like waking up in the morning with a free peace of mind

Over here in Europe, they pamper us like eggs
They hate sight of blood

Awwwww,
Our Darling European boy.
Na d job wey u dey do for d Europe na him u take crrate moniker so abi?
Keep it up o.
Happy plate licking for ya obodo.
Make u dey lick ya plate well well, as long as Euro dey enter.
Upper Iweka European.

@topic,
David Beckham, na man u be.
A man of peace.

Dr Iryna described how, on the first day of the war, all pregnant women and mothers had to be moved into the basement of the centre.

She added that babies receiving intensive care had to remain upstairs because the life-saving equipment on which they depended could not be moved.

What could be as worse as this on earth?
For those drumming the drums of war in our darling nation, una dey see so?
A peaceful Nigeria and world generally is all we want.

Beck's, I hail thee

Commendable gesture from Beckham, i wish the parties to the conflict reach a truce sooner in the best intrest of humanity and stop yeiding to the calls of warmongers who want to see the two former allies make bad examples out of each other. Peace!

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Awwwww,
Our Darling European boy.
Na d job wey u dey do for d Europe na him u take crrate moniker so abi?
Keep it up o.
Happy plate licking for ya obodo.
Make u dey lick ya plate well well, as long as Euro dey enter.
Upper Iweka European.

@topic,
David Beckham, na man u be.
A man of peace.

Very funny and so quick to judge a book by its cover

That na just 'nickname' my sweet darling

One Love from Germany .

Maxymilliano:
Thank you David for your support

have u stood for ur country first?

Beckham , no be to cross free kick be this o.

This is what we call selfless contribution to humanity. Not all this our Nigerian online Patriots that only answer patriots when they are belleful.

Good gesture

Great gesture

Totilopussylick:


Very funny and so quick to judge a book by its cover

That na just 'nickname' my sweet darling

One Love from Germany .

Lol
Okay ooo,
Our Darling German Machine plate licker himself!

qekng40:
Beckham , no be to cross free kick be this o.

Our Darling Queen Ekong herself,
Is that all you have to say to this good gesture?
Okay o.

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Totilopussylick:


Very funny and so quick to judge a book by its cover

That na just 'nickname' my sweet darling

One Love from Germany .

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People wey de outside no de try hard to convince others say dem de jand

Nice gesture..