In reality, of course, those claims were false. Zelenskyy did not wear a Nazi symbol, not least because he himself is not a Nazi or neo-Nazi. Rather, the cross on his T-shirt was the official ...

The Iron Cross has spread well beyond Germany, and in the 1960s, outlaw motorcycle gangs had co-opted the symbol, while it also spread to the heavy metal subcultures of the 1970s and early 1980s.

In the image, cross insignias on both of their chests are circled, appearing to imply that they are wearing the same symbol. But they aren’t. The cross sign on President Zelenskyy’s shirt is the ...

"The symbol is a crimson cross with a Trident in the middle," he said. "I confirm that it has nothing to do with the symbol of Germany during the Second World War." The Iron Cross was a Prussian ...

It is therefore said to not be a nod to any Nazi symbology, even though Adolf Hitler appropriated the Iron Cross when he added a swastika to it in the centre during World War II. However, Ukraine ...