Ukrainian refugees removed kitchen and toilet from rented apartment in Germany — Bild

German newspaper Bild has reported an incident in Germany in which a Ukrainian family renting an apartment removed all the kitchen furniture, plumbing fixtures, and heating system components from the property.

The outlet published footage of the stripped dwelling.

The victim was Natalie Shell, a German woman who moved to Germany from Kazakhstan as a child. According to her, in 2025 she rented one apartment in her two-unit house — 140 square meters — to a Ukrainian family with six children, as she sympathized with their situation.

While Shell was away, the tenants removed absolutely all the furniture from the kitchen and bathroom — including the stove, oven, toilet, shower, and sinks — as well as all the heating system components. The owner estimates the damage at more than 100,000 euros.

“People sent me screenshots from Instagram showing photos of my tenant and his son laying tiles in Ukraine. As if nothing had happened. I am in shock,” Shell said.

At the time of publication, the former tenants are in Ukraine.

Earlier, a Ukrainian man was detained at a German refugee shelter on suspicion of murdering a fellow countryman. Before that, a conflict broke out at another German shelter for Ukrainian refugees over an extension cord.