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The claim

A man shown on camera during US President Joe Biden’s trip to Kyiv was a secret body double for the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Rating

False: Although the man was wearing similar clothing to Mr Zelensky and has a similar build, he is his bodyguard Maksym Donets, whose appointment was announced in 2019.

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