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  • 2022-03-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Video does not show Ukrainian presidential couple singing (en)
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  • Social media posts claim a video shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska singing together. This is false; the clip shows singers from America and Britain recording a cover of the 1981 duet Endless Love. 'Endless Love' sung by Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky & wife Olena for each other & for Ukraine, says a March 8, 2022 Facebook post featuring a video of a man and a woman performing in a studio. Screenshot of a Facebook post taken on March 10, 2022 The claim also appeared on Facebook here and here . As people were quick to point out in comments, the clip does not show the presidential couple, but rather a cover of Endless Love , a duet originally sung by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. The video was posted on YouTube on February 20, days before Russia invaded Ukraine , with the performance credited to Alejandro Manzano of the American cover band Boyce Avenue and British singer Connie Talbot . Screenshot taken on March 10, 2022 shows a YouTube video Below, side-by-side comparisons show the difference between Manzano and Zelensky, who starred in a television comedy series prior to his election, and Talbot and Zelenska. Screenshot taken on March 10, 2022 shows Alejandro Manzano singing in a video posted on Facebook A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking by live video-link in the House of Commons, in London, on March 8, 2022 ( PRU / ) Screenshot taken on March 10, 2022 shows Connie Talbot singing in a video posted on Facebook First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, pictured in 2019, in Riga, Latvia ( AFP / Gints Ivuskans) AFP Fact Check has debunked other inaccurate claims about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine here . (en)
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