{"id":1527863,"date":"2022-06-24T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1527863"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:04:18","slug":"fact-check-image-claims-zelenskyy-faked-going-to-the-front-with-a-green-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-claims-zelenskyy-faked-going-to-the-front-with-a-green-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Image Claims Zelenskyy Faked Going To The Front With A Green Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-image-claims-zelenskyy-faked-going-to-the-front-with-a-green-screen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1527863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=175963684850541&#038;set=a.110402911406619&#038;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid%3D175963684850541%26set%3Da.110402911406619%26type%3D3&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1656081974147000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2iP4tlIudUWNfdwP5uKEXF\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used a green screen to simulate him appearing in Ukraine during the country\u2019s conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image shows Zelesnkyy using hologram technology to appear before European technical conferences. The president was also recently photographed visiting cities along the front-lines.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy declined a U.S. offer to be evacuated from the capital of Kyiv during the first days of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/26\/europe\/ukraine-zelensky-evacuation-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. The Ukrainian leader made his first trip outside Kyiv during the conflict to the front-line city off Kharkiv, BBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-61625512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image, shared over 170 times, shows a photo of Zelesnkyy in front of a green screen, suggesting he is not actually in Ukraine. \u201cBe safe in there guy\u2026Keep your eyes open so you don\u2019t trip over an extension cord. Cgi can be dangerous,\u201d the post\u2019s caption reads.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The context in the Facebook image is inaccurate. The technology is being used to have Zelenskyy appear as a hologram at several major European tech conferences, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/odessa-journal.com\/volodymyr-zelenskys-hologram-turned-to-the-technical-sector-of-europe-for-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Odessa Journal<\/a>. A Business Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20220616005917\/en\/Evercoast-Volumetrically-Captures-President-Zelensky-from-Kyiv-to-Address-the-Global-Tech-Community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/evercoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evercoast<\/a>, a metaverse technology company, states the \u201cvolumetric video\u201d production took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, also providing the photo seen in the Facebook image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses global tech innovators in 3D volumetric video, produced with Evercoast\u2019s industry-leading, portable, volumetric capture technology,\u201d the picture\u2019s caption reads on the release. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/10\/fact-check-zelenskyy-wife-singing-endless-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Volodymyr Zelenskyy And His Wife Singing \u2018Endless Love\u2019 By Lionel Richie)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Images released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service showed that Zelesnkyy visited the cities Odessa and Mykolaiv earlier in June, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/18\/world\/europe\/zelensky-mykolaiv-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. He also visited the Donbas region as well to meet with troops, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/zelensky-visits-eastern-front-as-ukraine-tries-to-beat-back-russian-advance-11654506701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Zelesnkyy\u2019s whereabout have been the subject of misinformation. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/26\/fact-check-volodymyr-zelesnkyy-florida-property-purchase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim suggesting the Ukrainian leader purchased a $35 million villa in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook claims Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used a green screen to simulate him appearing in Ukraine during the country\u2019s conflict with Russia.Verdict: MisleadingThe image shows Zelesnkyy using<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}