The claim
Reports claim a Russian airstrike targeted a secure location in Ukraine, allegedly killing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Original review summary
DW reports that Zelenskyy posted a video of a meeting with OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, and that the OECD confirmed the meeting took place. The review also says the explosion video came from the 2015 Tianjin warehouse explosion, not Ukraine, and that a scan of major Ukrainian news sites found no coverage of the alleged incident.[S1]
Additional context
The review says the post making the allegation had 2.7 million views and was posted on June 20. [S1]
DW describes near-identical posts sharing the same video and notes repeated wording and typos among the accounts. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] Deutsche Welle original review
Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026