A piece of news is getting viral on the internet with the claim that the Ukrainian President is the cousin of George Soros. Further, @OsintUpdates wrote in its tweet, “Volodymyr Zelensky is a cousin of George Soros. Pentagon official says.”
Similarly, many other users also posted this news on their social media handles.
https://twitter.com/RRVerma97907517/status/1511630986030706688
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Fact Check
On keyword research, we found no such news. George Soros is a Hungarian-born American billionaire investor and philanthropist. And, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former actor and comedian. He is currently serving as the sixth president of Ukraine. There is no evidence that Soros and Zelenskyy are cousins.
Further, we checked the official sites of the U.S. Department of Defense, official Twitter and Instagram sites. There is no such statement there.
Conclusion
Therefore, on our fact check analysis we found that there are no such statements released by the Pentagon. And, there is no evidence of both of them being cousins. Hence, the viral news is false and baseless.
| Claim Review: Pentagon Says that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a cousin of George Soros.
Claimed By: @OsintUpdates and other social media users Fact Check: False |
