Olena Zelenska was in Paris in mid-December to alert French public opinion to Ukraine’s need for military and humanitarian aid. The wife of the Ukrainian president ended up being received at the Elysée Palace by the French first lady, Brigitte Macron. After this visit, various rumors arose about Olena Zelenska’s visit to the French capital, but one that stands out from her is related to an alleged shopping trip.

In social networks there are several publications who realize that Olena Zelenska he would have spent 40,000 euros shopping in the main avenues of Paris. In some versions it is guaranteed that the Ukrainian first lady would have made a “trip” exclusively for that purpose, while her husband and his country “ask for more money from the United States” and, more generally, from the West. The posts also read that employees of the store (or one of the stores) provided information about the amount spent by Zelensky’s wife.

THE synchronization of the trip, which took place approximately a week and a half before Christmas, is also being used as an argument to try to establish the truth of the alleged shopping trip. Olena Zelenska would have gone to Paris, she alleges, with the aim of buying some “last minute gifts to offer at Christmas”. Starting from this assumption, the publications link this supposed act of ostentation with the help that the West has given to kyiv to face the Russian invasion: “Keep sending money there, that is exactly what they want”.

This information quickly spread on social media, primarily through a post from the SGMWorldnews Twitter account, a website that covers the Sunderland region of England. Good this cheepas well as many others related to Olena Zelenska’s alleged shopping trip, They were deleted by the moderators of the social network owned by Elon Musk.

Even so, the publication remains on various sites that spread false information, such as The Gateway Pundit, connoted with the American extreme right. The only source cited is the so-called “traders” who wrote this information online. However, there is no proof to prove their veracity: there are no screenshots showing their statements and no receipts to prove it.

Although several media have followed the visit of the Ukrainian first lady to Paris, no independent and credible media makes any mention of an alleged visit by Zelenska to the luxury stores of the French capital or the alleged 40,000 euros that the wife would have spent from Zelensky. on personal purchases.

Conclution

Although various independent and credible media outlets have followed Zelensky’s wife’s trip to the French capital, the information – reported by various online publications – that Olena Zelenska will have spent 40,000 euros on purchases in Paris has never been disseminated by any source. independent, being singled out. even as misinformation, either by Twitter or Facebook.

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