The claim

Ukrainian President Zelensky only pretends to be in Kiev by giving all his speeches to the public in a studio in a bunker in western Ukraine. The footage would be edited using a green screen so that viewers would believe he was sitting in Kiev.

Our conclusion

The picture of Zelenskyj in front of the green screen has nothing to do with his public speeches from Kiev. Instead, it was created in connection with a technology project for which a hologram of the president was created. The fact that he once stood in front of a green screen doesn't mean that he records all the videos in a studio.

A status article on the matter shows a picture of the Ukrainian president in front of a so-called green screen (green background), which is intended to prove that Zelenskyj staged the recordings from Kiev from somewhere else in the world.

Screenshot: Facebook / Is Zelensky just pretending to be in Kiev?
Screenshot: Facebook / Is Zelensky just pretending to be in Kiev?

But what is this picture all about?

What is a green screen?

A green screen is a green background, for example in a studio. Both news broadcasts and film recordings use it because it is easy to remove certain colors from the recordings in post-production and thus replace the background . This makes it possible to make it look as if a person is walking in a pedestrian zone, for example standing, even though she is actually in a studio; it was, so to speak, digitally “stamped out”. The green screen is green because green tones hardly occur in human skin and better effects can therefore be achieved. For example, a person dressed in green in front of a green screen would become invisible due to the background effects.

Zelenskyj in a technology project

As the German Press Agency (dpa) reports in its fact check , you can easily find out through a reverse image search that the picture of Zelenskyj in front of the green screen is related to a technology project and does not indicate that the Ukrainian president is no longer in Kiev located.

The British production company Talesmith measured the Ukrainian president in a studio as a template for creating a hologram and documented the process on its own website and in the form of videos.

A hologram is the recording of an object or person that is reproduced in the form of a three-dimensional image.

The “Hologram Zelensky” project is about his participation in European technology conferences. The President appeared as a surprise guest and in the form of this hologram in Amsterdam, Vivatech in Paris, Brilliant Minds in Stockholm and the Founders Forum in London. The participants of the technology conferences had the opportunity to see the President of Ukraine live on screen, where, among other things, he presented his country as progressive in terms of technology and mentioned that the latter could also make a decisive contribution to reconstruction.

The president's clothing also refutes the claim

Because he also used a line from the film “Star Wars” (“We will defeat the Empire”) during his appearance, he also wore a T-shirt with “Star Wars” written on it in the hologram recordings. He also has the same thing on the photo of the Facebook post, which, however, alludes to the official speeches from Kiev that Zelenskyj publishes daily on the website of the Ukrainian President's Office . This is crucial because it is another indication that the official speeches from Kiev have nothing to do with the green screen photo. Because during his everyday video speeches, the president always wears plain military clothing and no “Star Wars T-shirts”.

Conclusion
The alleged evidence of the claim that the Ukrainian president is no longer in Kiev is false. The fact that Zelensky is in front of a green screen in the posted picture has nothing to do with the fact that he is recording all of his speeches in a studio at an unknown location and has therefore left the city of Kiev or even the country. Instead, the image is related to a technology project for the European technology conferences, for which Zelensky had a hologram created of himself.

Author: Nick L.

Sources

YouTube / Talesmith / Hologram President Zelenskyy channels Star Wars with promise to defeat the Empire
evercoast.com
DPA
Correctiv
Also read: Zelenskyj once played the guitar (almost) naked in 2014. And now?


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