In February 2025, information appeared in Runet that the president and first lady of Ukraine during a visit to the United Arab Emirates lived at the Moscow Hotel. We checked the reliability of such messages.

On February 17, the Russian media and Telegram channels reported that during the visit of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to the UAE, he and his wife Elena were settled in the Moscow Hotel. Many resources saw in this mockery of the receiving side. For example, "Moscow Komsomolets"Suggested that" in the UAE, apparently, they decided to subtly indicate Zelensky in his place ", having settled the policy only in a four -star hotel, and the president’s office" joined the "trolling" of his boss, agreeing and paying for this reservation. Similar materials were published Lenta.ru, TV channel "Star" Life.ru, "Komsomolskaya Truth" News.ru, "Ridus"And other media. The news spread widely in Telegram channels, among which "KB"(255,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Newsach / Dv"(196 000),"Uncle Glory"(180 000) and"Ukraine.ru"(151 000). The settlement of the four Zelensky at the Moscow hotel was also discussed by users Instagram, "VKontakte" X And Facebook.

February 16 Vladimir Zelensky Arrived On an official visit to the United Arab Emirates, where the next day I held a meeting With the country's president Muhammad ibn Zaid al-Nahayan. On February 19, the Ukrainian leader was supposed to Go In Saudi Arabia as part of a diplomatic tour in the Middle East. But the day before he announced The cancellation of this part of the trip, since the negotiations of representatives of Russia and the USA announced in Riyad, including the war dedicated to the end of the war in Ukraine. “We were not invited to this Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia. For us it was a surprise. I do not want coincidences and therefore I will not go to Saudi Arabia, ” - said Zelensky. The meeting of delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States was also mentioned by some Telegram channels, who told about the settlement of the four Zelensky at the Moscow Hotel-for example, according to the channel "Newsach / Dv", It was there that the President of Ukraine" awaited the results of negotiations. "

As a confirmation of news, many resources used the screenshot Storiz, which Elena Zelenskaya allegedly published on Instagram. The photograph shows a conference room, the picture is accompanied by the signature “Soon 💙💛” (“soon”) and the geomete “Al Rigga, Deira, Dubai”. Users found on Yandex.Marts the Moscow Hotel, located in the Dubai district of Al-Rigga, as well as a photo of its conference room, which looks exactly like in the photo of Zelenskaya.

Storiz is temporary posts that disappear 24 hours after publication. It is not surprising that at the time of writing this analysis in account Zelensky was no longer there. Nevertheless, it is suspicious that only one screenshot circulates on the Internet - the same temporary mark “8 min.” Is visible on all images, indicating how the publication was posted for a long time. If such a story really appeared in the profile of Zelenskaya, one of the 3 million of her subscribers would surely pay attention to this and also took a screenshot.

There is another, much more suspicious detail. The Ukraina.ru Telegram channel, owned by the Russian State Information MIA Russia Today, published two similar posts about the Zelensky couple in Moscow. In the publication and from February 17and from February 18 The screenshot of the alleged story Zelenskaya was given. But in the second case, there was no signature “Soon 💙💛” in it, although the temporary mark on both images was identical.

Finally, Zelensky met with the President of the UAE not in Dubai, as viral posts in Telegram claimed, but in the capital of Abu Dhabi. This is confirmed and press releases both sides, And reports numerous media.

“Verified” failed to find a hotel in Abu Dhabi with the name “Moscow”. In Dubai, the Moscow Hotel really There is. A photograph of the conference hall, which was allegedly published by Zelenskaya, Taken From the site of this hotel.

On the left - storiz from viral posts, on the right - screenshot of the site Moscow Hotel in Dubai

The earliest publication of Fake found in the Telegram channel "Urgently, now"February 17 at 15:17 Moscow time. This channel is already Facing In the analysis of "tested" as a disinformation distributor about Ukraine.

Thus, the news about the residence of Zelensky at the Moscow Hotel in Dubai is Fake. The Storiz screenshot, which was allegedly published on Instagram, the first lady of Ukraine, was fabricated based on the open-out photo of the conference hall. Moreover, Zelensky profit on an official visit not to Dubai, but to Abu Dhabi, where there is no hotel with the name "Moscow".

Photo on the cover: Office of the President of Ukraine