Ukraine-Zelensky denies being sick, accuses Russian hackers of spreading fake news


KYIV, July 21 (Reuters) – President Volodimir Zelensky posted a video on Instagram on Thursday to reassure Ukrainians about his health after what he said were fake news by Russian “hackers”.

A Ukrainian media agency said hackers broadcast a fake news bulletin about the health of 44-year-old Volodimir Zelensky on one of its radio stations following a cyberattack.

“Today Russia has launched another fake news that the (Ukrainian) state is not controlled by President Zelensky, because he is in hospital, or rather in intensive care due to a ‘ serious health problem,'” Zelensky said.

“So here I am in my office, and I’ve never felt better than I do now,” he said, sitting at his desk and wearing a khaki t-shirt. “And the bad news for those behind such falsifications is that I am not alone. We are 40 million (Ukrainians).”

In an apparent allusion to Putin’s age, he said: “And with all due respect to old age, 44 is not (almost) 70.” (Nataia Zinets report, French version Augustin Turpin, told by Sophie Louet)



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