Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, several videos and photos are going viral, many of which are being circulated with false claims. One such video that is going viral shows two singers performing an acoustic rendition of the song Endless Love by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. The video, however, is being shared with a claim that the singers in the video are Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska ‘in their younger and happy days’. This claim is false.
Claim: The video was posted on the social networking site by Facebook user Sankara N Nair on March 10. “Ukrainian President Zelensky and Wife in their younger n happy days. Hmmm.. how, just in one mad moment, your life can turn upside down. Truly, life is an unfathomable paradox. This can happen to anyone of us. Just Pray,” reads the text shared along with the video.
Take a look at the post below:
Since being posted, the video has been shared by a few and received some comments as well.
The claim shared in the video that it features Zelensky and his wife, however, is false.
Investigation: Upon running a basic Google search using the keywords ‘endless love cover’, we found the original video that was shared by a band named Boyce Avenue. The title of the video states that the song in the video has been covered by Boyce Avenue and singer Connie Talbot.
According to the YouTube bio of channel, Boyce Avenue is a Florida-based band. Its members are three brothers named Alejandro (lead...
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