Is it true that the Russian beat two Ukrainian beigones in the south of France?

In the Ukrainian press and in social networks, the story of refugees from Ukraine, which in the French Roqueble-Cap-Martin, was beaten by a Russian beat the story. We decided to check the veracity of these messages.

The news of the beating of two beiges by a Russian tourist appeared in many Ukrainian media (for example, TSN, UNIAN, "Ukrainian truth", "European truth", "Focus", "Gordon", "The business capital"). This was reported on her Twitter Ambassador of Ukraine to Estonia Maryana Beza (4000+ retweets at the time of writing this analysis), saying, however, that everything happened in Paris. The former president of Estonia repaired her record Toomas Hendrick Ilves (800+ retweets). Others wrote about this Users Twitter, their posts also collected Hundredsand sometimes thousands Retvitov. Distracted History and c Facebook: posts About what happened is collected Hundreds Likes, reposts and angry comments.

The first on September 12, the vice-president of the Union of Ukrainians of France, Vladimir Kogutyak, announced the first incident in his Facebook and in Twitter. He wrote in French and Ukrainian that the Russians beat two Ukrainians for listening to Ukrainian music. He also noted that the criminals have not yet been found.

The same evening, Nice-Matin was published on the website of the newspaper article Under the loud heading "We did not run from the war for this." Journalists of the publication talk about two Ukrainian refugees who walked along the Roqueble-Cap-Martin, a resort on the azure bank. At some point, they turned on a video with Ukrainian music on the phone. Among other things, there were such words: "The world would be better without the Russian army." One of the men passing by did not like it, he attacked women and beat them greatly. Journalists from the words of the victims call him Russian -speaking.

The embassy of Ukraine in France almost immediately reacted to the incident, publishing tweet: “We carefully monitor the situation with two Ukrainians who became victims of attacks in the south of France. Our consuls are in touch with two women who have provided the necessary medical care. We cooperate with the authorities [France] for an operational investigation of this monstrous incident. ” There is no information about the attacker in tweet, but in the comments to him, many claim that it was a Russian, and put a hashtag #visabanforrsians.

Official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko also told About what happened on Facebook. Like representatives of the Embassy of Ukraine in France, he did not write anything about the nationality or citizenship of the attacker, while in the comments, users unequivocally blame Russians.

However, two days later the same Nice-Matin Published New details. The attacker was found and detained, they turned out to be a 33-year-old Ukrainian, a former military man who came to France at the beginning of the year. This information was confirmed by the Nice prosecutor, who laid out on his twitter Press release, where it is said that the detainee, “also a Ukrainian by origin,” admitted his deed. He faces up to three years in prison and a fine of up to € 45,000 for an act of violence, "committed because of the race, ethnicity or religion."

Journalists Nice-Matin Learned From the attacker’s lawyer that he had previously served in the Ukrainian special forces, then resigned for health reasons and then worked as a bodyguard first in Ukraine, and then in France. According to journalists, the man attacked his compatriots, taking them for Russians. These data Confirmed and sources of the French publication 20 minute. How reports The city hall of the city, which attacked as soon as possible, found with the help of city cameras.

It is worth noting that almost none of the users of social networks who wrote about the Russians who attacked the beige, there is no refutation or addition that he turned out to be a Ukrainian.

Photo on the cover: Nice-Matin

Not true

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