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☆ Zelenskyy sets out 'victory plan' as Ukraine faces precarious moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled his much anticipated “victory plan” on Wednesday, calling on his allies to take urgent steps to bolster Kyiv at a precarious moment in a bid to end the war with Russia next year. His plan proposed establishing a “comprehensive non-nuclear strategic deterrence package” inside Ukraine to protect against threats from Russia and to destroy its military power. Zelenskyy said it was imperative Kyiv’s partners remained united. “If we start moving on this victory plan now, we may be able to end the war by next year at the latest,” he said. Zelenskyy said he would travel to a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Thursday to present his plan.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Putin, ”, Zelenskyy, Kyiv’s, Roman Pilipey, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Honcharenko, —, “ Organizations: Kyiv, NATO, 24th Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces, AFP, Getty, North, Republican, Union, Storm Locations: Russia, U.S, Europe, Donetsk, Ukraine, Pokrovsk, AFP, West, Iran, Moscow, Russian, United States, Russia’s Kursk, Brussels, Washington, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Kurakhove, Roman

☆ The West could live with a frozen Ukraine conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine may be heading for a similarly frozen conflict with Russia. So a frozen conflict would help the West achieve – at least partly – its key geostrategic aim: to show hostile powers that it doesn’t pay to invade one of its friends. In a frozen conflict, Ukraine would still need to invest heavily in massive fortifications, anti-missile defence systems and technology to deter Russian attacks. ECONOMIC WARIn a frozen conflict, sanctions against Russia would probably remain more or less in place. REBUILDING UKRAINEIt will be harder to rebuild Ukraine’s infrastructure in a frozen conflict than if there was peace.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Valery Zaluzhny, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Tim Ash, Peter Thal Larsen, Thomas Shum Organizations: Ukraine's National Guard Omega, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Moscow, Hamas, U.S, EU, International Monetary Fund, Kremlin, Investors, BlueBay Asset Management, Soviet, Cyprus, European Commission, West, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Korea, Cyprus, Russia, Kyiv, –, Israel, United States, Moscow, North Korea, Iran, Russian, UKRAINE, West Germany, Soviet Union

☆ Fact Check: Titanic magazine cover comparing Ukrainian and Israeli trick-or-treaters is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated Halloween-themed cover of German satirical magazine Titanic, which juxtaposes Israeli trick-or-treaters holding overflowing candy buckets with empty-handed Ukrainians, is being shared online. It is dated as Titanic’s “Nr. However, a search through the monthly magazine’s online archive shows no such cover was published by Titanic. Furthermore, a search through Titanic’s official Twitter account did not reveal the supposed cover, nor did a search through the website’s Facebook page. There is no record of Titanic publishing such a cover and the October edition features a different issue number and image.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, “, Read Organizations: Facebook, Titanic, Reuters, Thomson

☆ White House: Biden to Meet With Zelenskiy, More Aid Coming for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects to announce additional aid to Ukraine next week, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday, while announcing President Joe Biden would host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday at the White House. Zelenskiy is expected to meet with congressional leaders from both political parties while he is in Washington, Sullivan said. Kyiv has repeatedly asked the Biden administration for ATACMS to help attack and disrupt supply lines, air bases and rail networks in Russian occupied territory. But a source familiar with the situation said the U.S. does not plan to announce ATACMS for Ukraine during Zelenskiy’s visit to the White House next week. (Reporting by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and William Mallard)

Persons: Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Sullivan, Biden, Zelenskiy’s, White, Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Jonathan Oatis, William Mallard Organizations: WASHINGTON, United, White, Reuters, Tactical Missile Systems Locations: Ukraine, Washington, U.S

☆ Fact Check-Zelenskiy's 'I don't know' response to journalist unrelated to Crimea Bridge
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi responding “I don’t know” to a journalist’s question is being falsely associated with the July 17 Crimean Bridge explosion. It shows Zelenskiy standing at a podium at a press conference, seemingly taking a long pause, before smiling and saying: “I don’t know” in Ukrainian. The journalist’s question before Zelenskiy’s response is not included in the clip, though superimposed text suggests he was asked: “Who hit the Crimea Bridge?”. However, the clip of Zelenskiy was filmed during the NATO summit in Vilnius, held on July 11-12, thus predating the Crimea Bridge explosion. Versions of the clip that include the journalist’s preceding question show she asked, in Ukrainian: “When will we get ATACMS?” (here and here ).

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyi, “, Zelenskiy, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, NATO, Army Tactical Missile Systems Locations: Crimea, Moscow, Ukraine, Vilnius

☆ Fact Check-Footage of Zelenskiy with ‘robot soldier’ is edited
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walking alongside a robot has been digitally altered. “New ‘Robot Royal Force’ type-c Robot arrived to Ukraine,” reads a Facebook post sharing the edited version (here). The TikTok user did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a comment. Zelenskiy visited Britain and spoke alongside Sunak at an army camp in Dorset on Feb. 8, 2023, Reuters reported (here). Video of Zelenskiy walking alongside a robot soldier is edited.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rishi Sunak, ”, “, Zelenskiy, Sunak, Read Organizations: AFP, YouTube, British, Royal Force, Twitter, Reuters Locations: Lulworth , Dorset, Britain, “, Ukraine, Dorset

☆ Fact Check-Handelsblatt cover of cartoon Volodymyr Zelenskiy reaching toward NATO door is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated German newspaper cover featuring a cartoon of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reaching toward a door that is out of his reach and marked with a NATO emblem is circulating online. The door is attached to a stick which, in turn, is attached to a band around Zelenskiy’s head, making the door out of reach. Sebastian Matthes, editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt, told Reuters that the image shows a fake cover. The front cover circulating online cannot be seen when conducting a search via the newspaper’s social media channels (www.facebook.com/handelsblatt), (twitter.com/handelsblatt/), (here). The fabricated cover began circulating as Zelenskiy attended a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week (here).

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Jens Stoltenberg, “, Sebastian Matthes, Handelsblatt, Zelenskiy, Read Organizations: NATO, Reuters Locations: Vilnius, Lithuania

☆ How US allies can mitigate Trump 2.0
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

LONDON, May 29 (Reuters Breakingviews) - A return to the White House by Donald Trump would create challenges for the world’s other rich democracies. TRUMP IN POLYCRISISBiden has painstakingly created a consensus with his core allies since Putin invaded Ukraine last year. PREPARE FOR THE WORSTThe world’s other rich democracies - call them the G6 - cannot change the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Politicians in other rich democracies can also try to persuade Republican leaders that now is not the time to abandon Kyiv. If other rich democracies adopt a vigorous mitigation strategy now, they’ll be better prepared if Trump does return.

☆ Fact Check-Claims Assad ignored Zelenskiy by removing translation device are missing context
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks fluent English, key context that is missing in online posts suggesting he ignored a speech in English by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by removing his translation device. Some of the posts making these claims read: “Assad removed his translation headphones once Zelensky started speaking about alleged ‘Russian war crimes’ at today’s Arab League Summit. Zelenskiy attended an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia on May 19 to speak about the ongoing conflict in his country. The claims on social media are missing context: Zelenskiy gave his speech in English, a language that Assad speaks fluently (here). Assad speaks fluent English and did not need a translation device to understand Zelenskiy’s Arab League speech.

☆ Fact Check-CNN tweet saying Zelenskiy plans to ‘fix Ukraine’s demographic issues’ by ‘using mass immigration’ is fabricated
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image that seemingly shows a CNN tweet reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plans to “fix the country’s demographic issues” by “using mass immigration” is fabricated. The screenshot appears to show a tweet sent via CNN’s official Twitter account (@CNN) and reads: “Ukrainian President Zelensky plans on using mass immigration to fix the country’s demographics issues. A search through CNN’s tweets did not reveal the post in question (archive.is/wip/xhevp). A search via CNN’s website did not reveal any relevant report (archive.is/wip/ASbSz). Archived versions of CNN’s website saved on April 27 and 26 did not reveal any related article (here), (here).

☆ Fact Check-Digitally altered photo purports to show Ukrainian President Zelenskiy’s former advisor Oleksiy Arestovych at a pride parade
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photograph from a 2006 Gay Pride Parade in New York has been digitally altered to include Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy and his former advisor Oleksiy Arestovych. A reverse image search shows the original image did not include Zelenskiy. According to the description it was taken at “Gay Pride 2006.” The post includes the tags “new,” “York” and “city.”A side-by-side comparison can be found (here). Other photos in the Flickr album showing the same person with the blonde wig and green eyeshadow can be seen (here) (here). The image has been altered to include Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy and his former advisor Oleksiy Arestovych.

☆ Fact Check-Clip of Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussing U.S. support to Ukraine taken out of context online
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A short clip of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussing U.S. support to Ukraine and repercussions should Russia invade a NATO member state has been taken out of context online with the false suggestion that he was calling for U.S. troops to fight on the ground in Ukraine. The 19-second clip shared online originates from a 2-hour news briefing delivered by Zelenskiy on Feb. 24, marking the first anniversary of the full-scale war. Thank you.”Zelenskiy, via the translator, responded by first thanking “all the American people that are supporting Ukraine” (timestamp: 1.37.59s). He subsequently states that the number of Americans who view that the U.S. is providing too much support for Ukraine is increasing. Zelenskiy was discussing the repercussions should Russia invade a NATO member state if Ukraine loses the war, not calling for U.S. troops to join the current war in Ukraine.

☆ Fact Check-Man seen in the background of Biden’s meeting with Zelenskiy is the latter’s security chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video captured during U.S. President Joe Biden’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been shared with a claim that it also accidentally reveals Zelenskiy’s body double or clone. They further suggested that it accidentally revealed proof of a so-called body double or a “clone” (here ). “Polish media accidently recorded #Zelensky's double when they covered #Biden's visit to #Kyiv #Awkward,” said one user on Twitter (here ). Donets does not resemble Zelenskiy. The video shows Zelenskiy’s security chief who has been in the role since 2019.

☆ A year after Russia’s invasion: How Ukraine endured
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +21 min

REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoIn the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers entered Ukraine. By seizing the city of three million people, and capturing or killing Zelenskiy, Russia’s hope appeared to be that Ukraine would quickly surrender. By March 23, Russia’s advance had captured regions of Ukraine along the Belarus border but Ukraine’s forces had begun reclaiming territory near Kyiv. Satellite imagery of Russia’s military convoy near Invankiv, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. The two sit on a bed, with a radio and teddy bears nearby., image Ukrainian civilians have endured The will of the people of Ukraine continues to be that they remain free.

☆ Fact Check-Image of Ukraine’s Zelenskiy and Klaus Schwab dates to WEF 2020 conference in Davos
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a suit on stage with the Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, was taken in January 2020 and pre-dates Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Does this even need a comment?” (here)Users shared a screenshot of the above tweet on Facebook, with examples viewable (here), (here). The image pre-dates the Russian invasion, however, and was captured during Zelenskiy’s conversation with Schwab at the WEF annual conference in Davos, Switzerland in January 2020 (here), (bit.ly/3CqApJx). Zelenskiy previously met his U.S. counterpart at the White House in September 2021, prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where he wore a suit (here). The image dates to January 2020 and was captured during an address at the WEF annual conference in Davos conference, Switzerland.

☆ Fact Check-Altered photo spreading of President Zelenskiy, President Biden and first lady
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 21 has prompted the spread of an altered photo that appears to have been edited to show Biden’s hand touching Zelenskiy’s backside. Social media users have shared a photo of President Biden, President Zelenskiy and U.S. first lady Jill Biden that purports to show President Biden touching President Zelenskiy’s rear (here) (here) and (here). However, the original photo, shared by the First Lady online (here) shows President Biden’s hand was in fact photographed on Zelenskiy’s back. A photo depicting U.S. President Biden touching the backside of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has been edited. In the original photo, Biden is seen touching Zelenskiy’s back.

☆ Fact Check-Video showing President Zelenskiy ‘admitting’ to using cocaine is digitally altered
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Social media users are claiming a video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shows him saying he uses cocaine – but the clip was digitally altered. The caption of the video says that the interview occurred after Zelenskiy announced his candidacy for the president of Ukraine. President Zelenskiy did not say he uses cocaine. The video has combined clips from a longer 2019 interview to change the meaning of what Zelenskiy was saying. Read more about our social media claim verification work here (here).

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated German satirical magazine cover featuring caricature of Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An image is circulating online purporting to show the October cover of the German satirical magazine ‘Titanic’ featuring a caricature of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with text reading “eternal appetite” is fabricated. No such cover was published by the outlet, the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief confirmed to Reuters. The image shows the Titanic logo in red on the top left corner and a caricature of Zelensky centered across the purported cover. Julia Mateus, Editor-in-Chief of Titanic magazine confirmed to Reuters that the pictured cover was not an official Titanic cover. The outlet posted the official cover of the October edition via Twitter on Sept. 30 (here).

☆ Fact Check-Zelensky’s name does not translate to ‘evil rules the world’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s name does not translate to “evil rules the world” in English, contrary to a screenshot of Google Translate being shared on social media. The videos show the phrase “zele nsky volodo myr” being translated from Ukrainian to English with the translated result showing “evil rules the world.”However, the videos appear to be edited. By using every language listed in Google Translate to translate the phrase into English, none of the languages offered the phrase “evil rules the world.”When testing the Ukrainian translation into English on Google Translate, the result Reuters received was “Zelensk Volod Mir” or “zele nski volod imyr” – not “evil rules the world” (bit.ly/3MsSquB) (bit.ly/3Cuzkzz). The name “Volodymyr” can be spelled a variety of ways and is commonly used in the region. There is no evidence that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s name translated by Google Translate into English is “evil rules the world.”This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show missile hitting Ukraine President Zelenskiy’s office
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A tweet dated Oct. 10 (here) that had 6,500 likes at the time of writing, shared the video with the claim: “ZELENSKY'S OFFICE WAS DESTROYED BY A MISSILE STRIKE: UKRAINIAN MEDIA”. Reuters found no evidence that the presidential office building in Kyiv was struck by a missile on this day. Kyiv City Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko released a statement on messaging app Telegram (here) listing the affected areas in Kyiv, which did not include the presidential office building. The area where the smoke is seen billowing from is likely close to Saksahanskoho St, behind a residential building (bit.ly/3SQOyWE), about two kilometers from the presidential office building on Bankova Street (bit.ly/3SQVdQT) (goo.gl/maps/ihUygBudbTguqi4z5). The video shows a missile strike in central Kyiv.

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