Old 2021 Ukrainian Smuggling Claim Resurfaces Online
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In 2021, Ukraine's investigators caught an embassy employee trying to smuggle $140,000, €68,000, 12 kg of gold, 13.8 kg of jewelry, and cigarettes worth $1 million across the border, disguised as diplomatic mail. A court fined the driver, confiscated the items, and Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called the perpetrators scoundrels while recalling two diplomats from Poland. No new incident happened this week; the old story is being reposted amid debates over Western aid to Ukraine, echoing past resurgences during early war coverage. Fact-checkers note it distorts history to question ongoing support totaling hundreds of billions since 2022.
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