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A badly emaciated baby is fighting for her life after being found inside her mother's wardrobe in Russia.

The child named Katya was born in April and had been living off water and random scraps of food given by her elder brother, say Russian media reported.

The girl from Karpinsk was airlifted 270 miles by helicopter to a hospital in the regional capital Yekaterinburg where she is now in intensive care.

 
Her mother Yulia 'hoped that the baby would pass away from starvation', reported online news outlet Krasnoturyinsk Live, which revealed the horrifying incident.