Mystery as missing Ukrainian model, 20, is found ‘close to death’ by the side of a road in Dubai ‘with her spine, arms and legs broken after hotel party’

A Ukrainian model, Maria Kovalchuk, who went missing after a party in Dubai, was found on March 19 with severe injuries, including broken limbs and spine.

Maria, who turned 20 this month, disappeared on March 9 after telling friends she was attending a party with two men claiming to be from the modeling industry. She informed her mother, Anna, that she would stay with them overnight but failed to show up for her scheduled flight to Thailand on March 11. Concerned friends and family contacted authorities, launching a search.

Ten days later, Maria was discovered dumped by a roadside, battered and bloodied. She was rushed to the hospital, undergoing multiple surgeries, and remains in critical condition, unable to speak.