Is the video that a Ukrainian teleporter is truthful to use cocaine on the air?

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In May 2024, a fragment of the live broadcast of the Ukrainian television channel spread on the Internet, in which the reporter inhales white powder. We checked whether these personnel are true.

The viral video lasts 13 seconds, its author captured the TV on which the news program is being broadcast. In the left side of the screen is a presenter who sits in the studio against the background of the Ukrainian flag, in the right - his interlocutor, who, judging by the headphone, works as a correspondent of the television channel. Soon after the start of the viral video, this man (probably thinking that the inclusion on the air ended) pushes white powder on the screen of his smartphone and inhales it. At the same time, in the upper right corner of the TV, which fell on the video, is the logo of the Ukrainian channel 1+1.

This record began to spread in social networks on May 16. It was published, in particular, Telegram channels "Heaven is"(142,000 views),"Open Ukraine | Open Ukraine"(139,000) and"Coachman"(31 000). The video also took into account users "VKontakte" Facebook, X, Tiktok, Instagram And YouTube.

From the first glance, the video raises a number of questions. Firstly, for some reason, during a direct inclusion, the microphone before the correspondent is held by his colleague, and not himself, as it is usually Made during Similar reports. Another suspicious detail - the human hand behind the scenes does not move throughout the video, and even at the moment when the broadcast supposedly ended and the man began to inhale the drug.

Taking advantage of the Google Search service, it was “verified” that the basis for the viral video was a fragment of the round -the -clock information marathon “єdini novel”, namely - namely ether dated February 17, 2024. This marathon in the early days of a full -scale Russian invasion Launched Ukrainian television channels 1+1, ICTV, “First”, “Ukraine”, “Inter” and “Rada”. A man on the left is the host of Inter Alexander Vasilchenko. His interlocutor was actually Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleb, who at that moment He was At the Munich Security Conference. Obviously, the video on the right side of the screen where the man uses drugs was inserted on top of the original image using a video editor. “Verified” failed to find the source of this video; Perhaps it was shot specifically to create a fake video.

That interview with Kuleba as part of the marathon in February attracted special attention to the media and users of social networks. In the course inclusions From Munich there were problems with the connection, and the minister thought that the broadcast was interrupted. "That's it, we fell out?" - specified the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and, having received a positive response from the journalist behind the scenes, lit a cigarette. The presenter in the studio immediately said that they were still on the air, after which the inclusion from Munich still ended. Then many wrote about the courier Ukrainian And Russian Media.

The next day, this fragment of the marathon Hanged In pro-Russian Telegramchannels. Bloggers claimed that Kuleba cighed not an ordinary cigarette, but a papyros with marijuana, thereby allegedly holding a bill adopted in Ukraine on the "legalization of drug use." The statement was based exclusively on the appearance of a tobacco product, which reminded the authors of the Telegram channels of a cigarette with marijuana. It is hardly possible to accurately determine the type of cigarette by its appearance, and in Germany, where Kuleba was during the February inclusion, a recreational cannabis allowed Only from April 1. Moreover, applications for the "legalization of drug use" in Ukraine Incorrect - On February 13, the country's President Vladimir Zelensky signed the law on legalization of only medical cannabis, which is used, for example, to facilitate post -traumatic personality disorders and oncological diseases. The current edition of the Criminal Code of Ukraine prohibits Production, storage and purchase of narcotic substances, as well as their public use.

Video with a video walking on TV, where Kuleba is replaced by an inhaling powder of an unknown man, for the first time published by the Telegram channel "Open Ukraine | Open Ukraine»May 16, 2024 at 05:40 Moscow time. The narrative about the supposedly widespread use of drugs in Ukraine, especially among the leadership of the country and the military, is often used by pro -Core resources. "Checked" more than once Published refutations fakes on this topic.

Thus, a video in which the Ukrainian telecorrhever allegedly uses cocaine on the air is a fake. The fragment was taken from the February interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Kuleba to the Ukrainian news marathon "єini novelty". At the same time, a video with an unknown man, possibly shot by the authors of Fake, was imposed on top of the frames with a diplomat.

Correction from 19/02/2025: In the original analysis, it was said that the “єini new” marathon was jointly launched by Ukrainian television channels 1+1, ICTV, “First”, “We are Ukraine”, “Inter” and “Rada”. In fact, instead of the television channel “We - Ukraine”, the television channel “Ukraine”, which was initially participated in the marathon, which stopped its existence in July 2022. And only on November 8, 2022 to the telemarathon joined channel "We are Ukraine", which was Created part of the team of the closed television channel. The previous version of the analysis can be found by link.

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