French journalist dismisses claim Russia hit Paris-area hospital
Dimitri de Kochko said French media repeat such claims daily, and Florian Philippot warned that Germany's rearmament poses a greater danger to France.
A French journalist of Russian origin dismissed on Tuesday accusations that Russia carried out a cyberattack on a hospital in a Paris suburb, Russia's state news agency TASS reported.
Dimitri de Kochko told TASS that European media outlets spread disinformation and accusations against Moscow on a daily basis.
He said such claims are common, citing French politician and Member of the European Parliament Raphael Glucksmann, who he said had claimed that Russians attacked the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital.
"This is what you hear every day," de Kochko said.
He described Corbeil-Essonnes as a distant suburb of Paris populated by fairly poor people.
De Kochko said the hospital is one of the least well-funded in the area, adding that patients with a very serious illness would be better off choosing another hospital.
He questioned whether Russia would target such a facility at all.
Earlier, Florian Philippot, leader of the French party Les Patriotes, told TASS that Germany's planned rearmament is far more dangerous for France than the so-called Russian threat.
Western governments have repeatedly accused Russia of cyber operations against European targets, and Moscow has rejected those accusations.
Hospitals in France and elsewhere have been disrupted by cyberattacks in recent years, often through ransomware that locks computer systems and delays patient care.