In May 2024, a viral photograph was in social networks, the author of which allegedly captured the farewell ceremony with the French military who killed during the war in Ukraine. We checked the reliability of such publications.
In the viral picture that spread in the Russian -language segment of the Internet on May 7, the area with ten coffins covered with French flags installed on it is visible. Each coffin has a man in camouflage, holding a portrait in his hands. Around - rows of people, mostly dressed in military uniforms. "Cargo 200" for the Macron Legion. The first batch of French mercenaries returned home in zinc coffins, ”the project commented on the photograph“Anti -Maidan"And the portal mpsh.ru. A similar heading fast At the Platform, Zen at the time of writing this analysis gained 427,000 views. With the signature "Frogsatniki" have already arrived at their homeland, whom they could find "the picture became viral on Facebook. He was also published by users "VKontakte" X, Livejournal and other social networks and a blog-platform.
The authors of several publications that contain this photo explained that in the tombs-the bodies of the fighters of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, who were allegedly brought to Ukraine to participate in battles in the Donetsk region. As before It wrote “Verified”, these statements are based on anonymous and extremely dubious sources, and the unit in question is based in South America - to transfer it to Eastern Europe at least strange.
After conducting a search for viral photography, we found out that it has nothing to do with Ukraine or the full -scale Russian invasion of this country. Picture Was made Four and a half years ago, in the courtyard of the Paris House of the Disabled, where the Necropol of the French military is located. In December 2019 there Passed Farewell ceremony with 13 soldiers who died in Mali.
Anti -terrorist operation in this African country French army Beginning Back in 2013 request local government. On November 25, 2019, the military pursued the jihadists who were heading towards the border with Burkina-Faso and Niger. Two helicopters participated in pursuit, which collided During the fighting. All the 13 military personnel were on two sides. Their death has become the largest one-time loss of the French army since the mid-1980s.
A week later, December 2, with the dead military, they said goodbye to Paris. Ceremony I visited Including French President Emmanuel Macron. He made a mourning speech, and also posthumously awarded the Legion of Honor to the orders of the honorary. The transaction of the event led press service Champs Palace, as well as the largest French media (for example, a newspaper Le Figaro).
As for the viral picture directly, its author is Reuters photographer Charles Press, and the image Available In the photo bank of the agency. Similar shots that day were made and reporters Alamy.
Thus, the viral photo was shot not in May 2024, but in December 2019. Its author captured the farewell ceremony with the French military who died not in Ukraine, but in Mali.
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