In a photo shared on a Twitter account on March 22, 2022, it was claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski, who was next to French President Emmanuel Macron, “eared” behind Russian President Putin.
The post received 162 retweets and was liked by 1,225 users.
Is the Shared Photo Real?
A reverse image search of the photo leads to the video published by Agence France-Press (AFP) on December 9, 2019. The title of the video is “Merkel and Zelensky came to the Elysee Palace for their date. Paris summit on Ukraine”. Hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski at the Elysee Palace. Putin and Zelensky met for the first time in Paris at the Normandy Quartet summit. This meeting was the first for the revival of the Normandy process after 3 years, as well as the first face-to-face meeting between Putin and Zelenski.
When the video released by AFP is examined in detail, it is seen that Zelensky was standing next to Macron on the stairs and raising two fingers. There is no Putin or another president next to Zelensky, who made a victory sign as in the photos shared on Twitter. Allegedly, Putin was montaged and added to the photo.
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In the photo shared on his Twitter account, it was claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was next to French President Emmanuel Macron, “listened” behind Russian President Putin’s back. A reverse image search takes the photo video to a video released by Agence France-Press (AFP) on December 9, 2019. The video was shared as “Merkel and Zelensky arrived at the Elysee Palace for the historic Paris summit in Ukraine.” . French President Emmanuel Macron was hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski at the Elysee Palace. A detailed analysis of the video released by AFP shows that at 1:04 Zelensky was standing next to Macron on the stairs, raising two fingers. There is no Putin next to Zelensky, who made a victory sign, as in the photos shared on Twitter. Putin was added to the photo with a montage.
