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The Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine published photos with Budanov after his long absence

6/20/2023, 3:03:38 PM

Highlights: Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova published supposedly fresh photos with Kyrylo Budanov after he did not appear in public for a long time. Users in the comments began to ask questions about the authenticity of these photos. Budanov has not appeared in public since the end of May. RIA Novosti, citing a source, reported that he was wounded on May 29 during a strike by Russian troops on a Ukrainian intelligence building. According to the agency, after that, he was taken to the Bundeswehr hospital in Berlin.

Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova published supposedly fresh photos with Kyrylo Budanov after he did not appear in public for a long time.


According to her, together with Budanov, they participated in a meeting with the Japanese ambassador to Ukraine, Matsuda Kuninori.

"Not a dummy, all participants in the meeting are alive and well," she wrote on social networks.

At the same time, users in the comments began to ask questions about the authenticity of these photos.

Budanov has not appeared in public since the end of May.

On June 15, RIA Novosti, citing a source, reported that Budanov was wounded on May 29 during a strike by Russian troops on a Ukrainian intelligence building.

According to the agency, after that, Budanov was taken to the Bundeswehr hospital in Berlin in serious condition, where he remained until mid-June.

The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph could not find evidence that Budanov is alive.