“Russian cosmonauts went live dressed in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in support of this country.”
The claim was shared by the Double Fun page, public activists Orkhan Bakhishli and Ilkin Rustamzade on the social network.
The screenshot was taken from the Double Fun Facebook page
The screenshot was taken from Orkhan Bakhishli's Facebook profile
The screenshot was taken from Ilkin Rustamzade's Facebook profile
Fakt Yoxla examined the claim.
The people in the photo are Russian cosmonauts - Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov. They are graduates of Moscow State Technical University named after Bauman.
The commander of the mission, Oleg Artemyev, said in a live broadcast on March 18 this year in response to the question "Why are your clothes yellow and the clothes of the crew members gray?" that each crew chose his own clothes and overalls so that they were not identical.
"There was a lot of yellow material, which had to be used. That's why we had to choose yellow," Artemyev said. The clothes are sewn about six months before the flight [1: 15: 30-1: 16: 05]
Oleg Artemyev has previously shared a photo in this dress too.
The Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) said that these colors represent the Moscow State Technical University named after Bauman. So, the official logo of the university consists of yellow, blue, and white colors.
The screenshot was taken from the website of the Moscow State Technical University named after Bauman.
The director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said on his official Twitter account that the colors were linked to the university and that they would not give up the colors.
Fakt Yoxla concludes that news that Russian cosmonauts went live in overalls in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in support of Ukraine is Fake News.
