{"id":20093,"date":"2023-11-28T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/?p=20093"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:35:11","slug":"digitally-altered-photo-portrays-ukrainian-soldiers-as-nazis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/en\/digitally-altered-photo-portrays-ukrainian-soldiers-as-nazis\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitally Altered Photo Portrays Ukrainian Soldiers as Nazis"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A photo of two people presented as Ukrainian soldiers, wearing Nazi eagle patches on their uniforms, is circulating on social media;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The image is digitally altered, the InVID\/WeVerify photo verification tool shows;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ukrainian flag patch was added to one of the uniforms by photomontage and the eagle on the sleeve of the person on the right was copied and pasted from the uniform of the man on the left.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A digitally altered photo of two people presented as Ukrainian soldiers is circulating on social networks and online media. Patches with Nazi eagles \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/hate-symbol\/nazi-eagle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the emblem of the National Socialist German Workers&#8217; Party and later of the Third Reich<\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be seen on their uniforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18.png\" class=\"td-center aligncenter wp-image-19022 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"591\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-center aligncenter wp-image-19022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18.png 2938w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-1536x1288.png 1536w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-2048x1717.png 2048w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-696x583.png 696w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-1392x1167.png 1392w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-1068x895.png 1068w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-18-1920x1610.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factcheck.bg checked the image using the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invid-project.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InVID\/WeVerify<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tool. It showed that the picture is digitally altered \u2013 the patch depicting the Ukrainian flag was doctored and the Nazi eagle on the sleeve of the person on the right was copied and pasted from the uniform of the man on the left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vera-animated-image-c1e53da81398587ed4994d546a72a64b.gif\" class=\"td-center aligncenter wp-image-19037 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"480\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-center aligncenter wp-image-19037 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/vera-animated-image-c1e53da81398587ed4994d546a72a64b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"480\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The InVID\/WeVerify photo verification tool enables image verification using various algorithms. The GHOST algorithm compresses and processes parts of the image, highlighting regions that are likely to originate from a different image. White, light green or light blue areas correspond to possible traces of image tampering.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n                <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                    \r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-1-1-160x120.png) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                    #tdi_1  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVI-sredni-grafiki-2-1-160x120.png) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                <\/style>\r\n\r\n                <div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"td-gallery td-slide-on-2-columns\">\r\n                    <div class=\"post_td_gallery\">\r\n                        <div class=\"td-gallery-slide-top\">\r\n                           <div class=\"td-gallery-title\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n                            <div 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\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> watermark of the Telegram channel \u0411\u044d\u043d\u0434\u0438\/Bandy can be seen in some of the photos. The channel distributes content supporting the Russian propaganda narrative, claiming that &#8220;Ukrainians are fascists&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/47lYOaEy_mQ?feature=oembed\" title=\"\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u0435\u0437\u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430: \u201e\u0414\u0435\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430\u201d \u043d\u0430 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0430 \u2022 Factcheck.bg\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\"  frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the publications spreading the altered image point to a post on the profile of Jackson Hinkle in the social network X as their source. Hinkle is an American YouTuber and political commentator known on social media for his pro-Russian views and for his romantic relationship with Miss Russia Anna Linnikova evident from his social media profiles. His Twitch account has been removed for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtransparencyproject.org\/articles\/amazon-owned-twitch-spreading-russian-misinformation-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spreading a debunked conspiracy theory \u2013 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fled Ukraine after the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kremlin propaganda regularly uses <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/truth-or-fake\/20220322-photos-of-nazi-symbols-in-ukraine-are-shared-out-of-context\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">altered videos and images to portray Ukrainians as &#8220;Nazis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The need to &#8220;denazify Ukraine&#8221; was one of the reasons Russia used to justify its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fact-check-is-there-any-truth-to-russias-ukrainian-nazis-propaganda\/a-63970461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar altered images<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">falsely portraying Ukrainians as Nazis, have been exposed by various media outlets and fact-checkers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macedonian fact-checking organisation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/truthmeter.mk\/with-an-edited-photo-taken-in-russia-ukraine-is-accused-of-being-nazi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Truthmeter.mk <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exposed an altered photo of newlyweds giving a Nazi salute in front of a Ukrainian flag, which was not originally part of the image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albanian fact-checking organisation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.faktoje.al\/manipulated-photo-of-ukrainian-soldiers-with-the-nazi-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faktoje.al<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0debunked an image of alleged Ukrainian soldiers holding the flag of the Third Reich. Similarly, the flag was not part of the original image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/ne-simvolat-na-teniskata-na-zelenski-ne-e-simvolat-na-ukrainskata-vastanicheska-armiya\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta.png\" class=\"td-center aligncenter wp-image-19015 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"150\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-center aligncenter wp-image-19015 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta.png 2188w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-1024x219.png 1024w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-768x165.png 768w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-1536x329.png 1536w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-2048x439.png 2048w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-696x149.png 696w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-1392x298.png 1392w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-1068x229.png 1068w, https:\/\/factcheck.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NOVA-horizontalna-lenta-1920x412.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Fact-Checked:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widely-distributed photo of two people presented as Ukrainian soldiers with Nazi eagle patches on their uniforms is digitally altered. Factcheck.bg checked the image using the InVid\/WeVerify tool. It showed the patch with the Ukrainian flag was added to the original image and the eagle on the sleeve of the person standing on the\u00a0 right was duplicated from the left and added to the photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-app=\"dpa-faktencheck\" data-embed-type=\"iframe-dyn\" data-src=\"https:\/\/factgraphics.dpa-addons.com\/items\/faktencheck\/11026\/bg\/index.html\"><\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/core.dpa-infocom.net\/js\/dpa.js'><\/script> <div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Sources<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hate Symbol \u2013\u00a0 Nazi Eagle: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/hate-symbol\/nazi-eagle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/hate-symbol\/nazi-eagle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InVID\/WeVerify: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invid-project.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.invid-project.eu\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u0435\u0437\u0438\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430: \u201e\u0414\u0435\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430\u201d \u043d\u0430 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0430: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=47lYOaEy_mQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=47lYOaEy_mQ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon-Owned Twitch Spreading Russian Misinformation on Ukraine:\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtransparencyproject.org\/articles\/amazon-owned-twitch-spreading-russian-misinformation-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.techtransparencyproject.org\/articles\/amazon-owned-twitch-spreading-russian-misinformation-ukraine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photos of Nazi symbols in Ukraine are shared out of context: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/truth-or-fake\/20220322-photos-of-nazi-symbols-in-ukraine-are-shared-out-of-context\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/truth-or-fake\/20220322-photos-of-nazi-symbols-in-ukraine-are-shared-out-of-context<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there any truth to Russia&#8217;s &#8216;Ukrainian Nazis&#8217; propaganda?: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fact-check-is-there-any-truth-to-russias-ukrainian-nazis-propaganda\/a-63970461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fact-check-is-there-any-truth-to-russias-ukrainian-nazis-propaganda\/a-63970461<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an Edited Photo Taken in Russia, Ukraine Is Accused of Being Nazi: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/truthmeter.mk\/with-an-edited-photo-taken-in-russia-ukraine-is-accused-of-being-nazi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/truthmeter.mk\/with-an-edited-photo-taken-in-russia-ukraine-is-accused-of-being-nazi\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manipulated photo of Ukrainian soldiers with the Nazi flag: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.faktoje.al\/manipulated-photo-of-ukrainian-soldiers-with-the-nazi-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/en.faktoje.al\/manipulated-photo-of-ukrainian-soldiers-with-the-nazi-flag\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of two people presented as Ukrainian soldiers, wearing Nazi eagle patches on their uniforms, is circulating on social media; 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