Fake Fake cover of El Jueves magazine with the headline “World War III postponed”
Russian Telegram channels are distributing what appears to be a new cover of the Spanish magazine El Jueves. It features a cartoon of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, who shot himself because of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, and the corresponding title: “World War III is postponed”.
However, this is a fake, writes the VoxCheck project. The cover of El Jueves magazine, distributed by propagandists, is not real. It shows issue number 2406. In November, the magazine published three weekly issues under this number (No. 2406-01, No. 2406-02, No. 2406-03). And none of the covers of these issues mention Ukraine, Zelenskyi, or World War III.
El Jueves is a Spanish satirical magazine published weekly and featuring caricatures on its covers.
During the full-scale war, we have documented at least eight fake El Jueves magazine covers created by propagandists. A detailed analysis of each fabricated cover can be found here.