Did a kiosk poster with a vaccum built into Volodymyr Zelenskyy's right nostril appear in Milan, Italy's, Piazza del Duomo "inhaling" banknotes? No, that's not true: Local officials said no such poster was pasted to kiosks in Milan's famous square.
A video (archived here) was published on TikTok by a user named vovaboiko127 on 4/6. The post can be seen below:
The video that features Milan's Piazza del Duomo, with people putting bank notes into Zelenskyy's nostril was originally posted by the Telegram channel "omarov_today" linked here on 4/4 and can also be seen below:
This video has been reposted on several social media platforms such as Twitter here and by other TikTok users here.
In a comment to Lead Stories, the Municipality of Milan said there has been no such poster depicting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy inhaling banknotes. On April 7, 2023, the Chief Press Officer of the Municipality of Milan, Ms. Anna Gallo, in correspondence with Lead Stories, wrote:
Regarding the video showing a 'pro-Ukraine' fundraising billboard in Piazza Duomo, the City of Milan denies that it is an original video since no such billboard has ever been authorized in the spaces of the municipal administration.
