The posting of a video on Facebook where the winners of the Ukrainian Song Festival supposedly give a Nazi salute is circulating widely, but it is speculation based on the angle in which the shared video was recorded. That was not the gesture of Oleg Psiuk, one of the members of the Kalush Orchestra.

Anyone who sees the fragment of the video shared on Facebook comes across an image in which the singer of the Ukrainian band appears with his arm outstretched, his hand open and his palm down. author’s conclusion mail and other users of social networks: the winners of the Song Festival, representatives of Ukraine, would have given the Nazi salute on stage.

But there are more images, captured from other angles, where reality can be seen: the winners of the Song Festival, representatives of Ukraine, greeted the public, with their arms raised, their fingers wide apart, unlike what occurs in the Nazi salute.

In this image comparison, it is possible to analyze the moment from the angle in which it was launched in the original video (on the left side) and contrast this image with one obtained from the opposite angle (on the right side in the comparison). ). In this second image you can see that the singer Oleg Psiuk has his hand extended and his fingers open.

Also on Twitter, several users were quick to deny the rumor created around the Ukrainian band, posting videos of the moment the Kalush Orchestra left the stage after the performance.

In this videoBetween nine and 10 seconds, you can see the moment shared on Facebook stating that Oleg would be making a Nazi salute from the front, and you can see that the singer’s hand is not in the position associated with the Nazi salute. .

Stop inventing things that are not, here it is clearly seen that there was an open hand and that it greeted us. https://t.co/c9VYblRhBp pic.twitter.com/Mrpbr0R5Ft

— Danitcita ✨ (@danitcitas) May 15, 2022

The fact that the singer’s hand remains in the shadow and the film passes the image to the festival presenters gives rise to the belief that the singer was making the Nazi salute, which is denied by the video recorded from the front by the public present.

conclusion

The video shared on Facebook tries to show that Oleg Psiuk made the Nazi salute when leaving the stage of the Song Festival. Taking advantage of the contrast created by the lights and screens on the stage, this idea has spread through social networks. But the videos recorded from another angle show that the singer greeted the public present at the Festival, with an open hand.

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