Russian propagandists have spread a fake about the alleged detention of two Ukrainian refugees by French police for stealing valuables from the Louvre. This is stated in a message from the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD).
So, the publications use real photos, but they have no relation to France or the Louvre Museum. In fact, these pictures were taken in Poland, and the men in the photo were detained for attempting to steal a tractor. The photo also clearly shows a Polish police uniform with the inscription POLICJA, and not a French one, which should read Police Nationale.
Refutation of russian fake. Collage: CCD
French law enforcement officers or the media also did not report on the "detention of Ukrainians for robbing the Louvre".
"Such disinformation campaigns pursue one goal - to discredit Ukrainian refugees in Europe and create a negative image of Ukrainians," the CCD emphasized.
Previously, the Center has repeatedly refuted fakes about Ukrainians in Europe. For example, hostile propaganda spread lies that a tourist who broke a Van Gogh chair encrusted with Swarovski crystals at the Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona was Ukrainian.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Poland previously refuted a fake about a "triple murder by a Ukrainian." The Polish police called it disinformation.
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