Billboards featuring unusual characters suddenly appeared in the Ukrainian capital: British superspy James Bond, known as Agent 007, and legendary French general and politician Charles De Gaulle. The images instantly caught the attention of residents and sparked a wave of discussion on social media.
Billboards with French General Charles De Gaulle, a silhouette of James Bond, and the inscription "To everything its time" have appeared on the streets of Kyiv. The photo was posted on Facebook by political expert Mykhailo Shnaider.
The expert suggested that the mysterious billboard might not be a simple joke, but a hint at the election campaign.
“It doesn’t seem like a joke, although anything could be. Judging by the military uniform worn by the character on the right — General De Gaulle — he immediately thought of the military. Maybe some technologists have already decided to cautiously start the election campaign?” wrote Schneider.
The other half of the character on the billboard — “Agent 007” — reminded the expert of spies or secret services.
“Is the Office of the President catching up on mysteries? But for what purpose?” asked Mykhailo Schneider.
Who is General Charles De Gaulle?
French General Charles de Gaulle was born into a noble family in 1890 and fought in World War I. At the beginning of World War II, he commanded a division, and after the capitulation of France in 1940, he headed the Free France Committee in London. From June 1943 to June 1944, de Gaulle headed the French National Liberation Committee established in Algeria, and from 1944 to 1946 he was the head of the French government.
Charles de Gaulle was elected President of France in 1958. In 1965 he was re-elected for another seven-year term, but after losing a referendum on the reorganization of the Senate and the reform of France's territorial and administrative structure, he resigned from the presidency.
It should be noted that on November 26, the Social Monitoring Center published data from a sociological study, according to which former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny would win the presidential elections in Ukraine if he takes part in them. Among those surveyed, his candidacy was supported by 27%, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy was supported by 16%.
On October 29, MP from the Servant of the People party Mykola Stefanchuk commented on the publication of Marcin Wyrwal, a journalist from the Polish publication Wiadomości w Onet, in whose comment he allegedly stated during dinner at a restaurant that the presidential elections in Ukraine would be held in 6-9 months. Stefanchuk denied this information, stated that he had never had dinner with Marcin Wyrwal at a restaurant, and said that there should be no speculation on the topic of elections in Ukraine until martial law is lifted.
