Is it true that stickers appeared in Vienna and Madrid calling to "change their minds and stop the sponsoring of Ukraine"?

In early July 2023, the Telegram spread reports about anti -Ukrainian stickers, stuck in the capitals of Austria and Spain. We checked whether these images really placed in the crowded places of two cities.

July 3 Telegram channel "Ukraine.ru" Published Video (89,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) with stickers depicting a man and a woman whom he is torn by Ukrainian flags. It was claimed that the stickers appeared in the center of the vein, and next to them was the inscription “Wir Haben Es Satt” (“We are full of throat”). July 4 Telegram channel Mash Laid A video (817,000 views), in which another allegedly placed in Vienna was a similar sticker depicting a girl, as well as pictures of several stickers with the text “La Guerra de la Otan Contra Rusia La Paga Nuestro Pueblo” (“NATO war against Russia is paid for our people”), supposedly accommodated in Madridida (it is specified that there are only a few hundred of them). According to Mash, in this way, the organizers of the shares called for "to change their minds and stop the sponsoring of Ukraine." Other Telegram channels told about anti-Ukrainian stickers in the capitals of Vienna and Madrid, including "Putin in Telegram"(208 000), Voblya (161,000), "Sheikh Tamir"(134,000) and"Moscow 24"(132,000 views). CO link on Mash and Ukraine.ru" plot I got it And in a row Media, Blogs and social networks, becoming popular in Facebook, "VKontakte" And "Classmates".

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At the request of the “verified” factor from the Austrian news agency APA Identified The locations that have fallen on the video. It turned out that the image of a man supposedly appeared on the window of the Facultas bookstore on Stefansplaz, women - on the window of the MCM store on Michaalerplatz, and girls - at a tram stop at Schwarzenbergplaz. Our colleagues contacted the owners of outlets and the municipal transport company Wiener Linien. Their representatives confirmed that these anti -Ukrainian stickers discovered on July 3, and rejected their involvement in their appearance (MCM store did this publicly in the commentary on the publication of the local Ukrainian community Mrija, indignant stickers). Soon, the stickers were erased - who placed them is still unknown.

Facultas and MCM also stated that they had contacted the Vienna police with a complaint about corruption of property and vandalism. Representatives of the department told APA reporters that they know about the anti -Ukrainian stickers located in the very center of the city. The police refused to comment on whether the investigation is under investigation and whether the organizers were found.

The stickers themselves exactly repeat three graffiti, appearing In Donetsk in August 2022. In particular, their images Published Telegram channel “People Z”, noting that administrators are ready to provide models of drawings for their distribution in Europe. Considering that graffiti's pictures were posted in several sources at once, and the photos themselves are taken from different angles, we can exclude the use of photo editors and conclude about the reality of the appearance of such street arts in Donetsk.

Madrid

The fact that stickers from the video published by Mash were indeed pasted in Madrid, July 8 reported Spanish ultra -right portal ñtv españa. The author of the publication claims that the stickers appeared on Puerta del Sol, Grand Solda, as well as on playgrounds, in schools, at stations, in suburban trains and in the subway, as well as on a carefully guarded Baylen Street, opposite the Royal Palace in Madrid. ” At the same time, the Spanish edition reported stickers four days later than Mash, and some of the pictures are identical to personnel from the video of the Russian Telegram channel.

The existence of stickers confirms And the newspaper El Confidencial, which also published its own photos of stickers. The publication draws attention to the fact that the materials placed on Spanish streets contain manipulative statements, but there is no symbolism of any batch or organization that arranged a action. As in the case of stickers in Vienna, it is not known who put these stickers; great distribution in the Spanish media and social networks photos and other reports about stickers Not received.

Although in the capitals of Austria and Spain, stickers really appeared, there is no reason to believe that their content reflects the prevailing mood of the inhabitants of these countries regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to the latter data The European Statistics Bureau (Eurostat), 82% of the Austrians support the provision of humanitarian assistance to victims of the war, 73% - reception of refugees, 58% - the provision of financial support to Kyiv. In Spain, these figures are even higher, and 60% of residents approve of the purchase and transfer of weapons to Ukraine.

Judging by the fact that information about stickers in Vienna and Madrid first appeared in Russian sources and received very weak lighting in the Austrian and Spanish press, as well as foreign social networks, it can be assumed that the shares were aimed to a greater extent to the Russian -language audience.

Photo on the cover: Mash / El Confidencial screenshot

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