Is it true that the BBC called the healing by the next president of Ukraine?

At the end of March 2025, the Russian media and Telegram channels distributed a screenshot, allegedly capturing incorrect subtitles on the BBC TV channel. We checked the authenticity of this image.

The basis of numerous publications lay a screenshot, made, made, during the broadcast of the British television channel BBC News. The dice accompanying the photo of the ambassador of Ukraine in the UK contains the signature: “Valery Zaluzhny. The next president of Ukraine. " Prochremple resources distributed this screenshot as evidence of a change in preferences from the Western partners of Kyiv: supposedly now they would like to see the former commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and not the current president Vladimir Zelensky. TEELGRAM channels such as "Sheikh Tamir"(133,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Cat Kostyan"(81 000),"Tsargrad-TV"(76 000),"Olesya Loseva"(38,000) and"Info DPR"(37,000).

“Verified” studied the official resources of BBC News, which is part of the British broadcasting corporation: a section on the official site BBC, YouTube channel, pages c Facebook, Instagram, X, And Tiktok. Recently, the news, in which a similar image of the stagnant would have been used, has not appeared in these sources. According to the design, it may seem that this is a frame from the BBC report, but this photo is taken from the Telegram channel of the ex-head of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, where it was Published October 29, 2024.

Other elements of the screenshot cause questions. Although the design of the lower part of the frame resembles standard Telefires BBC News, fonts and the shape of the logo of the broadcasting corporation in the screenshot and in genuine videos differ.

Moreover, the phrase “Zaluzhnyi Resolution on Elections During War” (“Salty is categorical about the elections during the war”) in a running line - this is a headline Articles On the English -language version of the website of the Ukrainian edition of New Voice, released on the morning of March 31, a few hours before the appearance of a viral screenshop in the network. This article is dedicated Answer Saluzhny at the request of the RBC-Ukraine news agency, comment on rumors about his possible participation in the next elections to the Verkhovna Rada, including the nomination of Zelensky from the party. The ex-head of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces reacted like this: “My answer on this subject has not changed. While the war is going on, we all need to work on preserving the country, and not think about elections. I will not comment on different rumors. ” BBC reported this the next day and In another form.

The earliest “check” found by this screenshot appeared in the pro-Russian Telegram channel. Nina Vatt March 31 at 15:20 Moscow time. This channel is repeatedly Facing V parsing "Checked»As the source of misinformation.

Thus, a hovering screenshot is a fake created on the basis of the old photo of the stagnant using non -utterative elements of graphic design, mimicing for the BBC branded design.

Photo on the cover: social networks

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