A wedding photo in front of a monument with a blue-and-yellow flag, in which brides and guests raised their hands in a gesture similar to the Nazi salute, is being shared with foreign audiences on social media. Like, nothing special, just another ordinary day in the life of Ukrainians. Also in the comments to the photo they write that foreigners should not support Ukrainians in the war because Russia was “right” when talking about Nazism in Ukraine. This photo is fake.

As the Reuters fact-checkers established, the photo was digitally processed. This is not the first time the photos have been shared on social media. It was previously distributed back in 2016. Also, the color of the flag has been changed, in the first photos the flag is black and yellow. In 2018, the fake photo was proved by OBOZREVATEL. Probably, the photo was taken in Russia in the city of Novokuznetsk. This was identified by the monument.

This is not the first time Russia has resorted to the dissemination of fake photos in order to confirm the narrative that Ukrainians are Nazis. Previously, photos of half-naked supposedly Ukrainian “Nazi refugees” in Croatia were used for this.