Embarrassing ORF error: Selenskyj presented as a German Defense Minister!

Embarrassing ORF error: Selenskyj presented as a German Defense Minister!

An embarrassing incident caused a lot of excitement at the Munich Security Conference, which took place on Friday, February 14, 2025. During ORF live reporting on the central theme of the Ukraine War, there was a rough mistake. Wolodymyr Selenskyj was mistakenly referred to as the "German Minister of Defense" in a displayed belly bandage. The ORF presenter Margit Laufer immediately drew attention to the audience on these faux pas and made it clear: "Wolodymyr Selenskyj is of course not German Defense Minister, but the President of Ukraine", like Exxpress.at reported.

This unfortunate confusion caused a lot of laughter on the Internet, with sarcastic comments from users on the social media platform X, which humorously commented on the involuntary information span. But that was not the only inaccuracy: two different spellings from Selenskyj's name were also used in the show - once as "Selenskyj" and once as "Selenski". According to Today. In the middle of this confusion, the conference continued to dominate important topics such as international efforts to peace and the critical interference of the US Vice President JD Vance into European domestic politics. Despite the absence of Russian representatives and the unfaithful breakdown at ORF, the event remained a central forum for security issues in Europe.