While USAID has provided billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, a widely circulated photo showing stacks of banknotes in a room has been falsely claimed to depict USAID money found in the home of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The image quickly gained traction on social media, sparking widespread reactions. However, a Google Reverse Image search confirms that this claim is misleading.
Social Media Claim
A photo showing stacks of banknotes has gone viral on X, accompanied by the claim that these funds, supposedly from USAID, were found at Zelensky’s house. The image has been widely shared and discussed, with many X users believing it as true.
The same photo, along with the identical claim, has also been observed and shared by another user on X (formerly Twitter). This repetition underscores the viral nature of the false claim, as it continues to spread across multiple platforms.
The claim being circulated states, “USAID found at Zelensky’s house,” but this assertion is unfounded and misleading, as the image in question has been publicly available since 2007, linked to a drug cash seizure in Mexico, not any connection to Ukraine or USAID.
Given the claim’s extensive dissemination and the considerable attention, it has received from the internet community, we believed it was necessary to perform a fact-check on the above subject.
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