Ukrainian refugees attacked near Monaco: a Ukrainian man arrested and placed in police custody
Rebound in the case of the two Ukrainian refugees attacked in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. A man was arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday. According to our information, he is of Ukrainian nationality.
Alina and Olena, from Izioum, a city liberated from Russian occupation over the weekend, were beaten up Sunday evening around 10:30 p.m. during a walk by the sea.
Beaten because they were listening to music… Ukrainian
They were listening to Ukrainian music when a Russian-speaking man lunged at them and hit them repeatedly. “He hit me in the face, I fell on the ground and he kicked me. He then hit my mother three times,” Alina told Nice morning. In Ukraine, about 25% of the population is Russian-speaking, especially in the east of the country.
The two women were hospitalized in Menton. Olena with a broken nose.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs took up the case
The affair went all the way to kyiv, where the spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Minister mentioned a “heinous incident”. He also asked for a “quick survey” to find the perpetrator. “The aggressors must be punished. Our diplomats are interacting with the French police on this attack,” explained Oleg Nikolenko, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
“An odious incident” for the Ukrainian Embassy in Paris
The Ukrainian Embassy in France also reacted to this attack. “We are closely monitoring the situation of the two Ukrainian women who were attacked in the South of France. Our consuls are in contact with the 2 women, who have received the necessary medical assistance. We are cooperating with the authorities for a rapid investigation on this heinous incident”, the embassy wrote on Twitter.