Fact check: Kim Dotcom's claim Ukraine defense chief wore swastika bracelet

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Fact check: Kim Dotcom's claim Ukraine defense chief wore swastika bracelet
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Photos shared online of General Valerii Zaluzhnyi suggest he wears a bracelet featuring a swastika design, but is the image all that it appears?

branded Megaupload a"worldwide criminal organization" that was directly responsible for $500million worth of copyright breaches. But Dotcom, who was born Kim Schmitz and now lives in New Zealand, argues that he was not responsible for how others used the platform. He could face decades in prison if convicted in the U.S.

Dotcom did not explicitly accuse Zaluzhnyi of wearing a swastika and did not directly refer to it in his written tweet; instead the claim was implied in a zoomed-in, circled image. So what exactly did he post about Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces at the weekend? In this inset image, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Lt Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi delivers a speech during the commemorative event for the Debaltseve defenders in Askold's Grave Park, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, on February 19, 2022. In the inset, his bracelet seen in a Twitter post from his account.The Claimshowing a photo of him with other troops near some trees; the background had been heavily pixelated—possibly to disguise the location for security reasons.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tweeted this photo of himself. Just so you know where the billions worth of weapons from the US and EU are going.

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