Subsets of positive measure in a group

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Let $G$ be a Lie group (maybe LCH and second countable topological group is enough here) and $\mu$ be a Borel probability measure on $G$ (not necessarily Haar). Suppose $U$ is an open subset of $G$ of positive measure. I wonder if the follow assertion is true:

There exists open subsets $V,W$ of positive measure such that $VW\subset U$.

My thoughts: certainly I can find open subsets $V,W$ with $VW\subset U$ by the continuity of the multiplication, but I don't see whether $V,W$ have positive measure.

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Consider $G$ to be the real line and any measure supported on the interval $U=(100,101)$. If your two sets $V$ and $W$ have positive measure their sum is not contained in $U$.