Fact check: Did Zelensky refuse to use the letters V and Z in his name and Surname?

Time is a world American news magazine. It deals with different genres like politics, health and business etc. Every year, people wait for the cover page of the magazine. In the same way, a picture is getting viral on the social media of TIME featuring Volodymyr Zelensky on its cover page.

Tjam Hendro Sutanto posted a picture of the cover page of TIME magazine. In the cover page, it is also written how Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t wants to use letter V and Z of his name and surname.

Many other users also posted the viral picture and made fun of the Ukraine President.

Fact check

After cross checking the claim, we didn’t find any such image tweeted by TIMES on their Twitter account. Neither, we found the viral picture on the vault of the 2022 of the Magazine. Hence proving the text in the picture is misleading and the picture is edited or photoshopped.

Conclusion: The claim is fake

Claim review: Zelensky refused to use the letters V and Z in his name and Surname

Claim by: Tjam Hendro Sutanto

Fact check: Fake