“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wore a Nazi cross symbol.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
An Iron Cross visible on some of Zelensky’s military green T-shirts is not a Nazi symbol. It represents the official emblem of Ukraine’s armed forces and includes the country’s coat of arms in the center.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2022, 9 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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