The claim

Apparently the words “To each his own” are written on a helmet of a Ukrainian soldier, which can also be read at the entrance to the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Our conclusion

The real photo was already uploaded to Instagram by the Ukrainian band Antytila ​​on March 24, 2022. It does not show the original “To each his own” lettering; this was only added in mid-November using an image editing program and the photo was mirrored.

Pro-Russian accounts on social media repeatedly try to provide evidence that the Ukrainian army is made up of Nazis, which is intended to justify Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The latest evidence is said to be a photo of a Ukrainian soldier with the words “To each his own” written on his helmet. Seemingly. Because someone did it digitally.

The widespread photo

The photo has been shared by pro-Russian accounts in various languages ​​since mid-November, for example here on Twitter:

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The “To Each His Own” Helmet on Twitter (Source: HERE , HERE , HERE and HERE )

In the photo you can see two soldiers in Ukrainian uniforms, and the words “To each their own” can be read on the helmet of one of the soldiers. Of course, the claim can also be found on Telegram :

The photo on Telegram
The photo on Telegram

The original image

Counterfeiters of such images are still under the misconception that flipping an image makes it impossible to find the original image and also believe that the only way to do so is to do a reverse image search on Google. But surprise: there are even more search engines!

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Especially when it comes to recordings from Ukraine and Russia, the Russian search engine “ Yandex ” is much more effective than Google, and we actually discover something:

Found the original image!
Found the original image!

In the widespread photo, which can also be found on pro-Russian websites, the soldier can be seen with the inscription on his helmet [1], but the mirrored photo without the inscription is much more common [2]. So now all you have to do is find out which one is the real photo.

We'll shorten the process and present you the real photo:

The real photo was already uploaded to Instagram on March 24, 2022 and comes from the Ukrainian band Antytila . The band members volunteered as soldiers to defend Ukraine against Russia. Antytila ​​gained international fame when she recorded a remix of the song “2step” with Ed Sheeran (see HERE ). The photo was also used in articles about this, for example HERE .

Conclusion

Rating: FALSE

The real photo was already uploaded to Instagram by the Ukrainian band Antytila ​​on March 24, 2022. It does not show the original “To each his own” lettering; this was only added in mid-November using an image editing program and the photo was mirrored.

Further sources:

Stop Fake , Deutsche Welle
Also interesting: new fakes appear every day in the context of the Ukraine war.
This alleged screen from Belgrade Airport was particularly crudely faked. – Fake: Flight board in Belgrade does not show flights to Kiev, Russia and Kosovo, Serbia


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