

{"id":112485,"date":"2022-02-25T21:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=112485"},"modified":"2022-02-26T18:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:08:54","slug":"old-photos-of-ukrainian-pres-shared-as-him-joining-the-fight-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photos-of-ukrainian-pres-shared-as-him-joining-the-fight-against-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photos of Ukrainian Pres shared as him joining the fight against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6150679\/russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military offensive<\/a> in Ukraine continues, a set of photos of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is widely being circulated on social media claiming that Zelenskyy has joined the frontline to defend his country.<\/p>\n<p>The photos are accompanied by a Hindi caption that reads, &#8220;The President of Ukraine won the hearts of his countrymen. When the people of his nation needed him, he entered the battlefield himself wearing the uniform of the soldiers.&#8221; The caption also mocks Prime Minister Narendra Modi by referring to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/apne-cm-ko-thanks-kehna-ki-mein-bhatinda-airport-tak-zinda-laut-paaya-pm-modi-told-officials-after-security-breach-during-punjab-visit20220105163306\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> (&#8220;I ran for my life with a lot of difficulties&#8221;) when his convoy was stuck on a flyover in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>The claim has been widely shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20&amp;src=recent_search_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0942\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u091c\u0940\u0924 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936,\u092a\u0930 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0940\u092c\u0924 \u0906\u0908 \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0948\u0928\u093f\u0915\u094b \u0915\u0940 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0940 \u092a\u0939\u0928\u0915\u0930 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u091c\u0902\u0917 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0948\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u0924\u0930\u0947<\/p>\n<p>\u0914\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u092f\u0941\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0921\u093e \u0915\u0947 PM \u0939\u0948,\u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 4-5 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u091d\u0902\u0921\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u090f \u0924\u094b \u092c\u0941\u0932\u0947\u091f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0942\u092b \u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0928 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u093e\u092a\u0938 \u091c\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u092c\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0936\u094d\u0915\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u091a\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u092d\u093e\u0917\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussiaUkraineWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RussiaUkraineWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aEBj4w5cH8\">pic.twitter.com\/aEBj4w5cH8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harun khan \u0647\u0627\u0631\u0648\u0646 \u062e\u0627\u0646 (@iamharunkhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamharunkhan\/status\/1497212505977929755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few others shared photos of Zelenskyy, praising him for refusing to leave his countrymen behind.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You may mock Zelinsky and call him a standup. You know what? Yes, he is. He is standing up to a military superpower. He has rebuffed America&#8217;s offer to evacuate him even though he can hear the rumble of the approaching Russian tanks.<\/p>\n<p>He who does not fear death dies only once. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBqqVr9N9P\">pic.twitter.com\/zBqqVr9N9P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARanganathan72\/status\/1497460250911281156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Respect to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<br \/>\nStand for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nf9WHDGGdq\">pic.twitter.com\/Nf9WHDGGdq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asaad Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsaadHannaa\/status\/1496963117288468483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWhen you attack us, You will see our faces, not our backs\u201d<br \/>\n~ Ukraine president \u270a\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p01x4s9Jpy\">pic.twitter.com\/p01x4s9Jpy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shyam Meera Singh (@ShyamMeeraSingh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShyamMeeraSingh\/status\/1497148645803655170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These photos have also been posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100044509090967\/posts\/508204760673156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> with the same claim in Hindi.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-112485 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photos-of-ukrainian-pres-shared-as-him-joining-the-fight-against-russia\/index-45\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/index-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/index-5.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/index-5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photos-of-ukrainian-pres-shared-as-him-joining-the-fight-against-russia\/ukranian-president\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukranian-president.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukranian-president.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukranian-president-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Old photos<\/h4>\n<p>We performed Google reverse image search on both the photos that were viral with Hindi claims and found them to be from April 2021. The first image can be found in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/ukraine-politics\/zelensky-arrives-in-donbas-intends-to-meet-with-military-on-front-line.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news report by Kyiv Post<\/a> that gives credit to AFP for the image.<\/p>\n<p>We checked for the image on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-inspects-during-his-news-photo\/1231105258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getty Images<\/a> and found it there. The photo was uploaded on February 11, 2021. The photo is captioned, &#8220;Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky inspects during his visit along with G7 ambassadors in Donbass, Ukraine on February 11, 2021.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112493 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_39_58-Ukrainian-President-Volodymyr-Zelensky-inspects-during-his-visit...-News-Photo-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1898\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_39_58-Ukrainian-President-Volodymyr-Zelensky-inspects-during-his-visit...-News-Photo-.jpg 1898w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_39_58-Ukrainian-President-Volodymyr-Zelensky-inspects-during-his-visit...-News-Photo--300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_39_58-Ukrainian-President-Volodymyr-Zelensky-inspects-during-his-visit...-News-Photo--1024x448.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_39_58-Ukrainian-President-Volodymyr-Zelensky-inspects-during-his-visit...-News-Photo--768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_39_58-Ukrainian-President-Volodymyr-Zelensky-inspects-during-his-visit...-News-Photo--1536x672.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1898px) 100vw, 1898px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second image can be found in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraines-zelenskiy-putin-meet-me-peace-talks-donbass-conflict-zone-2021-04-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news report by Reuters<\/a> published on April 21, 2021. The caption on the photo suggests that it was clicked on April 9, 2021. &#8220;Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits positions of armed forces near the frontline with Russian-backed separatists in Donbass region,&#8221; it reads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112495 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_48_40-Ukraines-Zelenskiy-to-Putin_-Meet-me-for-peace-talks-in-conflict-zone-_-Reuters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_48_40-Ukraines-Zelenskiy-to-Putin_-Meet-me-for-peace-talks-in-conflict-zone-_-Reuters.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-20_48_40-Ukraines-Zelenskiy-to-Putin_-Meet-me-for-peace-talks-in-conflict-zone-_-Reuters-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The photos tweeted by journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsaadHannaa\/status\/1496963117288468483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496963117288468483%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026%2F%3Fp%3D112485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AsaadHannaa<\/a> are also from 2021 taken in the month of April and December.<\/p>\n<p>We found the first photo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-visits-the-front-news-photo\/1237056843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GettyImages<\/a> by doing a keyword search. It was taken in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_41_24-Settings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1869\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_41_24-Settings.jpg 1869w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_41_24-Settings-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_41_24-Settings-1024x415.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_41_24-Settings-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_41_24-Settings-1536x622.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1869px) 100vw, 1869px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking the first image as a clue we performed another keyword search and found the second image on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mil.gov.ua\/en\/news\/2021\/12\/06\/on-the-day-of-the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-the-head-of-state-visited-the-frontline-positions-of-the-ukrainian-military-in-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a> of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. It was also clicked in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_45_58-On-the-Day-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-the-Head-of-State-visited-the-frontli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_45_58-On-the-Day-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-the-Head-of-State-visited-the-frontli.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_45_58-On-the-Day-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-the-Head-of-State-visited-the-frontli-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_45_58-On-the-Day-of-the-Armed-Forces-of-Ukraine-the-Head-of-State-visited-the-frontli-768x695.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the third image, we performed a Google reverse image search and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/international\/20220126-ukraine-talks-in-paris-overshadowed-by-hard-line-us-russia-rhetoric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found that<\/a> it has also been clicked in 2021. The photo was clicked in the month of April when Zelenskyy had visited the frontline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_47_56-Paris-talks-on-Ukraine-overshadowed-by-hard-line-US-Russia-rhetoric-\u2014-Mozilla-Fi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_47_56-Paris-talks-on-Ukraine-overshadowed-by-hard-line-US-Russia-rhetoric-\u2014-Mozilla-Fi.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_47_56-Paris-talks-on-Ukraine-overshadowed-by-hard-line-US-Russia-rhetoric-\u2014-Mozilla-Fi-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_47_56-Paris-talks-on-Ukraine-overshadowed-by-hard-line-US-Russia-rhetoric-\u2014-Mozilla-Fi-768x652.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hence, four images that are a year old were shared with a misleading claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has joined the frontline in the ongoing Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Russia&#8217;s military offensive in Ukraine continues, a set of photos of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is widely being circulated on social media claiming that Zelenskyy has joined the frontline to defend his country. 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