In January 2025, a screenshot was dispersed over the network, at which the President of Ukraine performs against the backdrop of the Kyiv monument "Rodina-Mother". The monument is decorated with the projection of the American flag. We checked whether Vladimir Zelensky really used such a background for his performance.
On January 1, immediately after the publication of traditional New Year's appeals of the heads of state, images on which Vladimir Zelensky stands in Telegram channels and the media, and behind him, the Kiev Mother Mother monument is visible. The sculpture is painted in the colors of the US State Flag. Users who spread the image accompanied it with a signature: supposedly against this background the New Year's appeal of the Ukrainian president was recorded. Also, many emphasize that while the American flag was visible from behind, Zelensky spoke about Ukraine’s independence.
The news appeared in Telegram channels "Live broadcast • News"(910,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Luke fucks"(315 000), Colonelcassad (217 000), "Russia now • News"(213 000),"Truthfulness"(207 000) and others. The media also wrote about this"RIA Novosti","Tsargrad","Gazeta.ru" URA.RU And "Evening Moscow".
On New Year's Eve of 2025, Vladimir Zelensky traditionally turned to Ukrainian citizens with the summary of the past year and the forecast for the next. This year President’s speech lasted more than 20 minutes. He stated that 2025 should become a turning point for the country - the year of the end of the war and strengthen independence. Zelensky also expressed The hope for the further movement of Ukraine towards integration with the European Union and NATO, since, according to him, the struggle for a strong and respected Ukraine should continue both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
Over the six years of his presidency, Zelensky used a different background design to record New Year's appeals to citizens: In your office or Near the office of the presidential office. This year, the choice fell on the monument, which the president himself declares at the beginning Appeals. He explains that behind him is “Ukraine-mother” (officially The monument is still called "Motherland", despite Conversations About a possible renaming) and it symbolizes Ukraine, which is firmly on its feet.
From the very beginning of the New Year's circulation, to the mark of 11:55, the monument against the background is painted in yellow-blue color symbolizing the flag of Ukraine. Further, the president devotes part of his speech to partner states. It is at this moment that the projection on the monument for the first time It changes On the American flag, and Zelensky declares: "America has been with Ukraine from the first minutes of the war and will be from the first minutes of the world." The president did not say anything about the independence of the state at that moment, he thanked other countries for his cooperation and support.
In addition, the projection of the US flag is demonstrated by about 5-7 seconds, followed by speakers of Zelensky’s negotiations with the heads of different countries: Joe Bayden and Donald Trump, Olaf Sholts, Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Justin Trudo, and others. On the Timcode 15:20, Vladimir Zelensky thanks the partners and the monument and the monument to the monument and the monument stains In the colors of other flags. These were Japan, France, Switzerland, Finland, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Canada and at the very end the flag of the European Union, symbolizing the desire of Ukraine in the EU. At the mark 15:39, during the transfer of partner states, the American flag was shown for the second time.
In addition to the flags of countries - partners of Ukraine, the monument also had a projection with the names of the dead military.
The publications that the New Year's appeal of Zelensky this year is recorded against the background of the projection of the US flag on monumental sculpture, mainly diverged among Russian -speaking media and users. Neither American nor Ukrainian authoritative media wrote about it. However, there are also several large publications in the English -language segment of the social network X. For example, photo Published Irish publicist whose bouz, cooperating with RT and often laid out Anti -Ukrainian posts. It is difficult to install the source of this news due to the variety of formulations in the signature. However, the first publication, which managed to detect “verified”, was made in the “Belarusian security forces” Telegram channel on January 1 at 01:04 Moscow time, that is, about half an hour after the broadcast of the appeal itself. This channel is regularly It appears In the analysis of “verified” as a distributor of inaccurate information.
Kyiv "Motherland" is not the first time that has become the object of attention of pro-Russian Media And Telegram channels. Last time, a special excitement caused a projection of the American flag on the monument on July 4, 2023. However, then the sculpture is really Highlighted In honor of the Day of Independence of the United States, and Vladimir Zelensky congratulated the Americans on this holiday.
Thus, the reports that the New Year's appeal of the President of Ukraine is recorded against the backdrop of the Motherland Mother monument in the colors of the American flag is torn from context. The US flag was really projected onto the monument, but not longer than 7 seconds. Of the entire 20-minute appeal of the president. Moreover, throughout the video, the monument was sequentially stained in the colors of the flags of 13 other states, but basically the projection of the Ukrainian flag was mainly at the Motherland-Mother.
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