Is it true that on the Ukrainian flag donated by the Zelensky Congress of the United States, the SS runes were drawn?

In social networks you can find many publications with a photograph of the flag that the President of Ukraine brought to Washington from the besieged Bakhmut. In this photo, symbols similar to the symbols of the SS are circled. We decided to check if this is true.

Records about the SS runes on the Ukrainian flag began to appear on December 22, the day after the speech of Vladimir Zelensky before the US Congress. Most Often found The signature to the photograph of the following content: “Scandal in the USA: it turned out that Zelensky handed over to Vice President Harris and the speaker Pelosi flag with the runners of the SS. And, most importantly, during Hanukkah. ” Many bloggers, known for their anti -Ukrainian position, drew attention to the history of the flag: Andrey Bocharov (Bocharik), Mikhail Khazin, channels "Russian Donbass" And "Great Russia". History diverged on other social networks: Twitter, Facebook And Livejournal.

Vladimir Zelensky spoke to the US Congress on December 21. His speech was broadcast Many television channels live. At the very end of the speech, Zelensky unfolded the Ukrainian flag and I gave it His vice president of the United States Kamale Harris and at that time the speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi at that time.

The record shows that Harris and Pelosi hold the flag with the inscriptions to themselves, that is, the wrong side to the hall and television cameras. The inscriptions on the flag were left by the defenders of the city of Bakhmut (Donetsk region), with whom Zelensky Meet Just before a trip to Washington.

The first publications in Telegram about the SS runes began to spread on December 22. One of the first entries is posted in the Telegram channel "Front -line soldier»At 15:29. It has a real photograph from Congress.

In later posts, starting from the recording in the Telegram channel "Militarist"(December 23, 12:55), a different, mirror version of the photograph is presented. Now the inscriptions on the flag are addressed to the viewer.

The author of this post, and after him, other bloggers claim that symbols marked with red arrows are nothing more than the “lightning” of the SS, or the Nazi Runes “Zig”.

The original image is a photograph taken at this meeting of AFP. The fact of the agency conducted the fact your investigation And she installed a chain of manipulations, after which the inscription became similar to the SS runes. This is what the original photo looks like:

Here is the fragment that Russian bloggers wrote about. AFP factor mirror it, but from the original image:

Thus, in both “blogging” photos, the number 4 is duplicated, that is, it is drawn to the original picture.

46 DSHV is an abbreviated name 46th separate airmobile brigade Airborne assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was this brigade that handed over to Zelensky the flag in Bakhmut. And then, after the speech of Zelensky in Congress, the brigade reportedthat their flag is presented to American lawmakers.

This record on Facebook notes that next to a reduction in 46 DSHV is also captured an autograph of one of the commanders of the brigade with the call sign of the boomer - and this is also seen on an enlarged fragment of the photograph. There, on the flag, the motto of Ukrainian paratroopers “Zapzhdi Pershi” (“Always the First”) is also written.

Thus, the SS runes were formed on the flag of Ukraine as a result of working with a photo editor. The authors of the fake finished another figure so that the numbers remotely resemble the Nazi "lightning". In fact, this is the inscription "46 DSHV".

Photo on the cover: social networks

Fake

What do our verdicts mean?

Read on the topic:

1. AFP: Non, Le Drapeau Offert Par Zelensky au Congrès américain ne Porte PAS l'Emblème des ss.
2. Photos: Zelensky handed over to the US Congress flag “with the runes of the SS”.