The aggression of young Yuriy in Paris moves Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky felt that this terrible news item required a strong reaction from the French government.
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The shock wave that followed the assault on young Yuriy, in Paris on January 15, reached Ukraine, the country of origin of the 15-year-old teenager, whose mother is a national.
The Ukrainian media discovered amazed that this young Ukrainian had been savagely beaten in the capital and on Monday, Ukrainian officials demanded French justice to account.
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With our correspondent in Kiev,
Stéphane Siohan
It was a few days later that the Ukrainians discovered that one of their own had been the victim of a cowardly assault in the French capital.
On Monday, most Ukrainian media covered the sad fate of young Yuriy, aged 15, who fell into a coma after being hit by a gang of ten young people.
In a press release, President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his anger: “
It is something that we will not let pass, this attack is shocking by its degree of savagery and barbarism.
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We must find and punish the attackers,
" continued President Zekensky, for whom this terrible news item requires a strong reaction from the French government.
The Ukrainian government therefore decided to offer assistance to the young boy and his family, while Yuriy's mother, Natalya Kruchenik, is a Ukrainian citizen.
The big online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda welcomed the fact that
many French personalities
, such as footballer Antoine Griezmann, have supported the young Yuriy.
For its part, the Kiev Foreign Ministry announced that Ukrainian diplomats had sent an official request to the Paris prosecutor's office to find out the circumstances of the boy's attack.
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