Man known as 'Zelensky's double' goes missing in Ukraine
Earlier in the special military operation zone, a singer was already wounded but managed to recover and return to the front. Work is constantly underway in the SVO zone to determine the fate of soldiers missing in action.
Consensus
- Samvel Tsarukyan is a 44-year-old man who resembles Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Tsarukyan has performed covers of songs by the group 'Ruki Vverkh!' online.
- Tsarukyan was previously injured in the zone of special military operation but recovered and returned to the front.
- Tsarukyan is currently listed as missing in action in the zone of special military operation.
- The Russian authorities are actively working to clarify the fate of missing personnel in the zone of special military operation.
Points of divergence
- Tsarukyan was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony in 2017 for manufacturing and distributing narcotics. — vm
- A video of Viktor Aksinenko from Novosibirsk, resembling Jason Statham, circulated in June. — vm
- Tsarukyan's voice was compared to singer Sergey Zhukov. — vesti
- Yana Latratova, the Russian human rights ombudsman, reported in June 2026 that her office clarified information about 91 missing persons. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Internet double of Zelensky disappeared in the zone of SVO — Вести
- «Green's Double» with Zhukov's Voice Disappeared Without Trace in the SVO Zone — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
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