At the end of July, 2022, a photograph of a newspaper spread on social networks, an article in which was entitled as "Vladimir Zelensky wants to return Ukraine to Poland." We checked the reliability of such publications.

Internet users shared a picture of the first lane of the newspaper Dziennik WSCHODNI ("Eastern Diary") of July 19, 2022. Under the name of the material and the subtitle posted a photograph of Vladimir Zelensky and his Polish colleague Andrzej Duda. The writer was told about the alleged heading of the publication of the Polish media Zakhar Prilepin (232,000 subscribers at the time of writing this analysis) and TV presenter Artyom Sheinin (118,000), as well as channels "Signal" (695 000), "Ne.Sahar" (520,000 subplaces), "Format 21" (422 000) and “DPR? Info ?? " (281 000).

On their pages on VKontakte about the first lane in the newspaper Dziennik Wschodni told "Federal News Agency" And online publication "Russian Spring". In the same social networks, about two dozen publics were distributed, including "Donetsk DPR News Donbass Russia Novorossia" (281,000 subscribers), "The Armed Forces of New Russia (VSN)" (181 000) and "Newspaper" Special Forces of Russia "and the magazine" Scout "" (100,000). Also, the image was published in Facebook* And Twitter.

In the viral photograph, depicting the first lane of the Polish newspaper, you can find several oddities. Although the number was released on July 19, for some reason it used a picture, made During the visit of Duda to Kyiv two months earlier. However, we can assume that the photo editor simply did not find a more suitable illustration.

However, problems with the text itself are much more serious. For example, at the end of the second column, we see a finished sentence, and the third begins with a small letter. The fragment enlarged and highlighted in the fifth column even says: "Those who make so much due to their high positions receive significant bonuses, which from the point of view of workers violates social justice." This phrase looks like a note about geopolitics and changing state borders.

Such blunders explained The editors of Dziennik WSCHODNI-the fact is that the first strip of room of July 19 was simply different. The publication reported that that release of the newspaper began with a material called “one thousand, nothing. As a marshal rewards. " On the same day the text of this article appeared And on the newspaper website. It was definitely not placed retroactively - this Confirm Internet Archive data.

The publication, issued in the first lane of the Dziennik WSCHODNI, was devoted to prizes that officials in the leadership of the Lublin Voivodeship (unit of administrative-territorial division of Poland received in addition to salaries.-Approx. Ed.). In this context, a quote allocated to bonuses with high salaries is much more appropriate.

The editors of Dziennik Wschodni also emphasized separately that the photo added during installation was not taken by their correspondent, so they could not use it in print - this would be a violation of copyright.

Apparently, the mounted photograph became popular very quickly-in large Telegram channels it began to be published on July 27, and the earliest such post on social networks as discovered AFP factor appeared about a day before. As the source, our colleagues call publication In the group "Actual News in Rus' - Slavic Brotherhood" in VKontakte. We could not find earlier publications using the altered first strip of the Polish newspaper.

Thus, an edited picture was given a edited picture for the real page of the Polish publication in social networks, which had nothing to do with the real number of Dziennik WSCHODNI of July 19, 2022. The authors of the fake replaced the title, a photo and about a third of the article that did not correspond to the remaining original text. The mounted image appeared on VKontakte and Telegram about a week after the publication of the newspaper.

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Facebook, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.

Photo on the cover: Office of the President of Ukraine