Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has recently warned that “war” is coming to Russia after three drone attacks on Russia’s capital, Moscow. Amid this, a video is going viral on social media that shows the “Stop Zelensky, Stop War ” remark on the digital billboard of Japan. Users on social media are fervently sharing this video on the Internet.
The Post Millennial, a digital news and media company, shared a video on Twitter with the caption: “Billboard that says “Stop Zelensky, Stop War” in Japan”.
Not only this, but another news website named Citizen Free Press also shared the same video and wrote: Billboard spotted in Japan. “Stop Zelensky, Stop War.”
Moreover, other users are also sharing this video with the similar claim.
Fact-Check
To verify the claims of the above viral video, the DFRAC team converted it into some key frames and then reverse-searched it on Google. Meanwhile, the team discovered a similar video on the YouTube channel named VIRTUAL JAPAN that was posted on October 19, 2020.
The key frame in the YouTube video at 21 minutes 31 secs was similar to the key frames of the above viral video with the exception of “Stop Zelensky Stop War’ remark.
Therefore, It indicates that ‘Stop Zelensky Stop war’ remark is digitally added to the above viral video.
Conclusion
The DFRAC ‘s Fact-Check proves that the claims of social media users regarding the above viral video are misleading since ‘Stop Zelensky Stop War’ remark has been digitally added to the viral video.
