Is it true that as a result of a restaurant’s strike in Kramatorsk, three mercenaries from Colombia were injured?

After a missile strike of Russian troops in the center of Kramatorsk on June 27, 2023, some sources reported that the injured Colombians were not accidental civilians. We checked whether this is really so.

In the evening of June 27, Russian troops Apply A missile blow to the center of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. By message The head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andrei Ermak, there were two missiles: one hit the building where the restaurant filled with visitors was located, the second fell on the suburban village of Belenky. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported About the death of 12 people (including three children) and the wound of 65 civilians. In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declaredthat the Russian military struck the "temporary deployment of the command personnel of the 56th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces."

Soon after it became It is known On numerous victims and destruction in Kramatorsk as a result of a blow, Russian federal television channels ReportedThat among the dead were “experienced western thugs”, which were hidden “under the mask of civilian”. Particular attention in reports from the scene was paid to three Colombia citizens who were injured as a result of the arrival. Some Telegram channels expressed doubt that these people are civilians (for example, Readovkawhere the corresponding post at the time of writing was written 868,000 views). And such channels as Zergulio (88,000 views) and "Military Review"(16,000), they wrote in direct text that" in fact, these were two attack aircraft and sniper. "

On the night of June 27-28, "Russian Service BBC»With reference to the Ukraine support group in Latin America Aguanta ucrania She reported that three citizens of Colombia were injured in Kramatorsk. It was claimed, this is the founder of the organization, deputy Sergio Haramillo, writer Ector Abad and journalist Catalina Gomez.

In published in social networks The open letter of Haramillo and Abad said that in the evening of June 27 they had dinner at the RAI pizzeria (in fact, Ria) in Kramatorsk with a Ukrainian writer Victoria AmelinaWhen the building was subjected to a missile attack. According to them, the restaurant was a popular place for meetings of international correspondents and the public Kramatorsk. In this and other cities of Donbass, Colombians collected materials for their public movement Aguanta Ucrania. Three Latino Americans escaped with light injuries, but Amelin got into the hospital with her head injury and was in serious condition.

Could these Colombians actually be experienced thugs who came to the Donbass to participate in hostilities?

It is easy to check. The most famous of the three - Sergio Haramillo Caro, Advisor to Foreign Ministers and Defense of Colombia (2000-2003), Executive Director of the Ideas for Peace Foundation in Bogota (2004–2006), Deputy Minister of Defense of Colombia for Political and International Affairs (2006–2009), National Security Adviser of the President of the country (2010–2012) and the Supreme Commissar for Peace (2012–2016). His talent of the negotiator played an important role in signing peace agreements With the rebel group, the Fark, who put an end to a half -century confrontation in the country.

At the beginning of 2023 Haramillo Founded The organization Aguanta Ucrania (“Hold on, Ukraine”), the purpose of which is to tell the world community about the humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine. Many Latin American celebrities joined the initiative, such as a Chilean writer Isabelle Alende. Was among the activists of the movement and her colleague, Colombian Hector Abad. His novel "Oblivion with which we will»Became a cult in the Spanish -speaking countries (more than 250,000 copies have been produced), and A film adaptation Books in 2021 received the Goya Award for the best Iberian-American film. The purpose of the arrival in Ukraine, by words The writer, there was a participation in the book Fair in Kyiv, after which he, along with compatriots, decided to visit the subronite regions of the country. Note that Abada is 64 years old, while Kharamillo is 56, and in both cases it is, to put it mildly, uncharacteristic age For members of assault detachments.

The third foreigner in this Company There was Catalina Gomez. This journalist since 2007 Dedicated The Middle East, and in the last year, actively covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the last year. She works in the Spanish Service of the France 24 and Radio France International TV channel. In personal twitter Gomez also shared His impressions from Ukraine to and after the attack on Kramatorsk.

Thus, all three citizens of Colombia, who suffered from a Russian missile attack in Kramatorsk, are famous representatives of their professions that are far from the military sphere. There is no doubt that they were at the scene of the blow, and not fake people - this is evident from the reaction of all three on social networks and in an interview for the media. When the president of Colombia Gustavo Petro in his Twitter He stated that Russia, having attacked three defenseless citizens of Colombia, violated the protocols of war, the Russian embassy in Colombia Name The very idea of ​​a trip to the front -line city is “reckless”, but the personality of these citizens did not question.

Photo on the cover: State Emergencies Ministry of Ukraine

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