Wounded teen, 16, tells Zelensky he’s a TikTok star during heartfelt hospital visit

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TikTok famous while she laid injured in her hospital bed. The Ukrainian president visited Katya Vlasenko, 16, after she miraculously survived a deadly attack from Russian forces.The brave teen was wounded after she shielded her younger brother with her body after her family car came under fire as they tried to flee troops.On Thursday ( March 17), Zelensky visited the 16-year-old in a hospital in Kyiv and presented her with a bouquet of white and pink flowers, reports the Independent.To his surprise, Katya had some happier news that she wanted to share with the president which is when she told him about his new-found popularity on the app.“And everybody supports you on TikTok,” Katya told him.“So we have occupied TikTok?” he asked while he smiled at the teen.“All talk about you, it is all about you,” she commented.When he handed her the flowers, he added: “It is not easy, but we do the right thing.”According to reports, Katya endured bullets through her back, ribs, thighs and lungs.Her mother said she "suffered the most" after she shielded her brother during the nightmare ordeal.And while President Zelensky seemed flattered by his TikTok news, Russian soldiers have been warned to stay away from the social networking platform.The Daily Star previously reported that before Putin launched his invasion, Russian security chiefs had urged troops to stop using platforms like TikTok in case they let slip any military secrets.An advertising campaign based on old Soviet propaganda was launched to try and avoid classified information being leaked by soldiers.As part of the campaign, the Russian military published posters of a soldier saying ‘Nyet’ (which means no) as he hands over a phone with the TikTok logo on the screen, an.