In April 2025, a congratulatory video dedicated to Easter was spread over the network, in which the Ukrainian president speaks English. Some Internet users saw in this a demonstration of the "genuine" priorities of Zelensky, who allegedly ignored Ukrainians to please Western partners. We checked the correctness of such publications.
The video spread widely on April 20 in two versions: full (about 2.5 minutes) and short (35 seconds). In the video, the orders of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky congratulates the Easter of Christians of various faiths. The politician speaks English at the bottom of the screen, Ukrainian subtitles are represented, and in the video itself, in addition to Ukrainian churches, temples in other countries are also shown, for example, St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican. In Telegram channels, the video was accompanied by signatures in the spirit: "People have questions: who was actually congratulated by Zelensky?"
The fact that the President of Ukraine congratulated his compatriots in English told Telegram channels "Ne. Sahar"(228,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Uncle Glory"(172 000),"Ukraine.ru"(148 000),"Emergency / Crimea"(105,000),"Kirill Fedorov / War History Weapons"(101 000),"Bladsiker 2.0"(84,000) and others.
In 2025, the Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants celebrated Easter on the same day - April 20, and politicians involved in the settlement of the war in Ukraine took advantage of such a symbolic coincidence. Reportedthat the White House planned to achieve a full ceasefire to Easter. April 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin unilaterally announced About the 30-hour truce. Zelensky actually agreed To this proposal, warning that Ukraine is ready to respond to attacks during the ceasefire. Soon Kyiv and Moscow They accused each other in numerous violations. At the same time, celebrated The Ukrainian president, the proposal voiced by him to extend the truce for 30 days, ignored the Russian side.
The full version of the video dispersed through the Telegram channels is genuine, April 19 Zelensky Published her in her social networks. In the video, the President of Ukraine just talks about the fact that this year the Easter on the same day is celebrated by representatives of different faiths, so it united millions of Christians around the world. Further, Zelensky talks about the importance of this holiday for the Ukrainian people and the danger of Russian aggression, of the temples destroyed during the full -scale invasion of the temples (they are shown at that moment on the video) and about the dead priests, and completes the congratulation with words of gratitude for help and support.
To believe that this video Ukrainian leader congratulated compatriots on Easter is erroneously, if only because he placed it the day before, and in the video he directly addressed the sympathetic and helping foreigners-that is why Zelensky speaks English. Appeal to Ukrainians politician Published Directly on Easter Sunday, April 20. The video lasts 8.5 minutes, removed at the Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv, and Zelensky is in the frame and speaks in Ukrainian. He begins his congratulations with the words “Dear Ukrainians and dear Ukrainians ...”, and then turns to the audience, using the words “we” or “ours”. In speech, Zelensky says that Easter is a symbol of the victory of life over evil, and faith and unity help the people overcome the tests of war.
In addition, the English -speaking video is posted only on the personal pages of Zelensky in social networks (Telegram, X, Instagram), then on the official site and verified YouTube channel The office of the President of Ukraine is not there. At the same time, Easter appeal in Ukrainian is published on all these resources.
This is not the first time Zelensky writes a congratulation addressed to foreigners. For example, in July 2023 he Published Anglo -speaking video, in which he congratulated the Americans on Independence Day. In other videos recorded by Zelensky in Ukrainian and primarily addressed to Ukrainians, often Used English subtitles. Earlier, the President of Ukraine addressed in Russian to the Russians: in February 2022, before the start of a full -scale war, and in September of the same year, shortly after the announcement of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation.
Bloggers who said that Zelensky congratulated compatriots on Easter in English, in addition to the video itself, they also post screenshots on the reaction of Ukrainians to congratulate in the comments on the post in a certain Telegram channel that placed this video. Users express dissatisfaction just because of the language in which the appeal is written.
These screenshots are real, they show comments under post Channel "All -seeing Eye: Ukraine | News ". However, similar reactions Meet And under other publications of this video in Ukrainian Telegram channels that published the English-language appeal of Zelensky on the eve of Easter with an incorrect signature.
It is noteworthy that the foresaw video in English, unlike Easter congratulations In Ukrainian, it almost did not fall into the scope of the Ukrainian media, although it dispersed into Telegram. The same channel "All -seeing Eye: Ukraine | New "" Placed The video April 19 at 23:39 Moscow time, after 5 minutes. After the publication of Zelensky. Soon similar posts released And Russian -speaking channels, who also decided that the video of the president of Ukraine in English is an appeal to compatriots. However, such publications appeared and after public -language congratulations directly on Easter Sunday.
The pro-Russian media and Telegram channels often accuse the Ukrainian president of acting in the interests of Western partners of Kyiv, and not his own citizens. Such a rhetoric is also used in relation to its video congratulations, allegedly recorded primarily for the Western audience. For example, in his New Year's appeal, Zelensky thanked the Allies for their help last year, and at that time the Kiev monument “Rodina-Mother” behind him was alternately painted in the colors of the flags of the countries supporting Ukraine. However, pro -Komrelev channels They accused Zelensky in reading an appeal to the nation against the background of the American flag.
Thus, the Easter appeal of Zelensky to the Ukrainians is recorded in Ukrainian. The viral video in English was published on the eve of the holiday and, apparently, was addressed to foreign partners of Kyiv, whom the Ukrainian president thanked for their help.
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