In social networks, the photo of Mateusz Moravetsky, who allegedly paid tribute to Stepan Bandera, lifted the flowers to his monument and calling him a friend of Poland. We checked the reliability of this picture and quotes of the Polish politician.
At the end of November 2022, Telegram channels distributed a photograph that captured two men who knocked their heads near the monument Stepan Bandera-one of the main ideologists Ukrainian nationalism. On the sleeve of one of the people there is a flag of Poland, and a wreath in the colors of the Ukrainian flag is attached to the monument. According to numerous publications, the photo shows the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moravetsky during his trip to Kyiv. In addition, his quote allegedly diverges with the picture: “In our hearts, the memory of this great warrior will forever remain. Bandera has always been a great friend of the Polish people. ”
Posts with this photo and quote can be found in the following channels: ""Signal"(114,000 views), Putin TG Team (87 000), "Boiling water"(77 000), Tarik nezalejko (70,000), "Ne. Sahar"(55,000, deleted),"Type40k goblina (Oper.ru)"(37,000, deleted),"Coachman"(35,000),"Gasparyan"(33,000, deleted),"Before everyone else. Well, almost. Special operation"(12 000). Similar publications are posted on VKontakte - in public (examples here, here And here) and on the personal pages of users of the social network (here, here And here), as well as on Twitter (here, here And here) and on the sites of some media (here And here).
Sometimes in posts Approvedthat the photo captures not Moravetsky, but "another Polish functionary."
Mateusz Moravetsky really He came to Kyiv: his visit took place on November 26, when in Ukraine celebrated annual memory of the victims of the Holodomor (Fourth Saturday November). About the trip of the Polish Prime Minister They wrote And the Russian media, while indicating that one of the first points of the minister’s visit program was the laying of flowers to the monument to the victims of the mass hunger of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. In December 2022, the European Parliament Recognized The Holodomor with the genocide of the Ukrainian people, during which several million people were killed.
Photos directly near the memorial can be found on sites foreign media, and in the official Twitter account Polish Prime Minister. Besides, There is and video recording of the color laying process. The pictures show that Moravetsky was at the memorial sign to the victims of the Holodomor, who Located On Mikhailovskaya Square in Kyiv.
As for the viral photo, it was changed in a graphic editor. This can be seen at least according to the very blurry contours of the figures of people. In addition, we found the initial non -edited photo of Moravetsky with his companion (we did not establish a person) in the same clothes and in the same poses as in a viral picture. To create a fake, they were mirped and cut out of the original image. Below are a comparison of part of this photo with a fake.
We uploaded a falsified picture to the service to search for Tinye images and discoveredthat the monument of Stepan Bandera is located not in Kyiv, but in the village of Kozovka in the Ternopil region of Ukraine. Distance from this settlement to the Ukrainian capital It is more than 400 km. Original photo of the monument from the same angle and with the same wreath as in the photo with the alleged Moravesky, Layd In Wikipedia at least back in 2011. The site also states that the author took the picture in 2009.
Below are a comparison of part of the photograph from the Wikipedia with a viral image.
Moravetsky’s words that “Bandera has always been a great friend of the Polish people”, we could not find the prime minister in social networks in authoritative media and official accounts. Our colleagues from publications Correctiv And Konkret 24 Also, they did not find any evidence that Moravetsky had ever pronounced something similar.
In all the publications we found in a fake photo, a translucent inscription is imposed with reference T.ME/WALTP38. Waltp38 -This is the username of the Telegram channel "Insatiable midshipman" (3900 subscribers). Publication with a photo of Moravetsky at the monument to Bandera and with an appropriate quote appeared There on November 26 at 16:08 Moscow time. Previously "verified" already It wrote About this channel, when he became the original source of a foal -wrapped picture with Vladimir Zelensky and supposedly his autobiographical book called “My Struggle”. Judging by the posts in an insatiable midshipman, the author takes a pro -Russian position and regularly Publishing Photomontazh riding Ukrainian and Western politicians. At the same time, the description of the channel says: “All coincidences are random! Everything that is written here is only my assessment judgment! ”
Thus, the original image is the installation of two different photographs. Polish Prime Minister did not lay flowers to the monument to Stepan Bandera and did not utter a quote that dispersed to social networks that Bandera is a “friend of the Polish people”. The primary source of fabricated photos and quotes is a satirical telegram channel.
Photo on the cover: WaltP38
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