There is no evidence that such a meal has actually appeared in Ukraine. The original source of this claim is the Telegram channel of Yulia Vityazeva, the former host of the Russian propaganda programme Solovyov Live. In addition, there is no mention of this dish in any credible source, and the name of the restaurant remains unknown. Furthermore, digital analysis of the image’s flaws suggests that it was most likely artificially generated or altered. All of this suggests that the information is false.
Social media users and Russian websites have begun to massively spread claims that a cafe in the city of Dnipro has introduced a “special offer” that allegedly allows customers to order a slice of bread and butter in the shape of Donald Trump’s bust. The dish is reportedly called “Smash Trump” and costs 65 hryvnias. As evidence, social media posts include a screenshot of the bread and butter presentation. Other users in the English-speaking segment of the social network X, as well as in the Russian-speaking Facebook community, claim that the dish appeared in a Kyiv establishment, but also fail to mention its name. “They are really defective. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, people were quick to think of an appropriate response to the scolding Zelensky received at the White House. ‘Revenge’ is once again being carried out by certified lunatics – the owners of Kyiv cafés,” users wrote on social media. Such posts began circulating immediately after the tense meeting and dialogue between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump, along with his vice president J.D. Vance, at the White House on 28 February 2025.
In reality, there is no evidence that a dish called “Smash Trump” has been introduced in any restaurant in Dnipro. Moreover, everything points to this information being fake: the original source of the claim is a Russian propaganda Telegram channel, no credible sources mention the existence of such a dish, and the name of the restaurant remains unknown. Furthermore, a digital analysis of the image suggests that it has most likely been artificially generated or altered.
This “news” was first posted on the Telegram channel of former Russian propaganda Solovyov Live presenter Yulia Vityazeva on the morning of 1 March 2025, with the comment: “Your answer to Chamberlain.” However, neither Vityazeva nor the hundreds of similar posts that quickly spread on social media give the name of the so-called “Dnipro establishment” that serves the dish. It is worth noting that this Telegram channel is neither credible nor reliable: it consistently promotes typical Russian propaganda narratives about Russia’s war against Ukraine, discredits Kyiv and organizes fundraisers for the Russian occupying army.
Furthermore, keyword and reverse image searches in open sources provide no credible evidence that this dish actually exists or is served in a café in Dnipro. All subsequent posts with the screenshot simply reproduce Vityazeva’s original post without providing any additional details. Some Ukrainian websites and social media users also shared this “news”, yet many were unable to determine whether the supposed café was in Dnipro or Kyiv. This factual inconsistency is another hallmark of disinformation.
In addition, further verification of the image using the Fake Image Detector website indicates that the image was most likely artificially created or altered. The analysis suggests that the text indicating the name of the dish was likely added to an existing image. The slices of bread stand out in the anomaly detection analysis, while the piece of butter does not. This suggests that the image may have been assembled from several unrelated images.
Thus, all the evidence presented indicates that the image is fake and was deliberately created to discredit Ukraine and undermine the country’s image following the conflict with Donald Trump’s administration. StopFake continues to expose similar fakes in materials such as Fake: Grok Neural Network Shows Handcuffed Zelensky Behind Bars in Times Square, Fake: In Kyiv, People Welcomed Blogger Who Walked The Streets Dressed as Hitler and Fake: USAID Funded Scam Call Centres in Ukraine – Fox News.
