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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by Joycymi(m): 1:39pm On Mar 21, 2022
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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by od501: 1:40pm On Mar 21, 2022
ogbiwa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X17yrEV5sl4
I know the video is 3 days old but still shocking

An amateurish deepfake video of Volodymyr Zelensky surrendering to Russia has been laughed off by experts.

The clip shows the Ukrainian president speaking from his lectern as he calls on his troops to lay down their weapons and give in to Putin's invading forces.

The deepfake has been widely circulated on Russian social media and was even planted by hackers on live TV on Ukraine and on a news site before it was taken down.

Internet users immediately flagged the discrepancies between the skin tone on Zelenskiy's neck and face, the odd accent in the video, and the pixelation around his head.

Ukraine 24, which was targeted by the trolls, said it was the work of 'enemy hackers'.

While the clumsy misinformation attempt is unlikely to fool anyone, it has raised concerns about a new front in the information war.

There are fears Russia could flood social media with similar videos hoping to discredit official information put out by Ukraine.

Nina Schick, the author of Deepfakes, said the video looked like 'an absolutely terrible faceswap,' referring to programs that can digitally graft one person's face onto another's body.

Two weeks ago, Ukraine's military intelligence agency put out a short video alerting the country to the danger of deepfakes, alleging that the Kremlin was preparing a stunt involving one.

The Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Schick called the fake Zelenskiy video 'very crude,' but warned that the it was a matter of time before the technology became more accessible.

'Expect fakes like this to become easier to produce while appearing highly authentic,' she said.

Mounir Ibrahim, who works for Truepic, a company which roots out online deepfakes, told The Daily Beast: 'The fact that it's so poorly done is a bit of a head-scratcher. You can clearly see the difference — this is not the best deepfake we've seen, not even close.'

'As we start seeing more and more cheap fakes, deepfakes flood the zone, it's going to desensitise people and allow bad actors to allege, "Nothing is real on the ground, you can't trust anything".'

Zelensky has responded to the fake video of himself, telling supporters: 'We are defending our land, our children, our families. So we don't plan to lay down any arms. Until our victory.'

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

His admission was followed by a similar one by Ms Patel, who said she was targeted earlier this week.

The level of sophistication involved in the hoax has convinced Government sources that it was a Russian plot.

The video call was set up after an email, purportedly sent from an aide at the Ukrainian embassy, was sent to a government department and then forwarded to the Ministry of Defence.

The call was set up and Mr Wallace was put through on Teams to the 'prime minister of Ukraine', posing with the country's flag behind him.

The Times reported that Mr Wallace was asked about the chances of UK warships going to the Black sea and whether Ukraine should get nuclear weapons or join Nato.

Senior Ministry of Defence sources fear Moscow may attempt to splice together Mr Wallace's comments in an attempt to embarrass him.

He has ordered an immediate inquiry to find out how the impostor was able to speak to him.

The Defence Secretary said it was a 'desperate attempt' but 'no amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks' could distract from the human rights abuses carried out during the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's forces.

The photo below is a capture from the deepfake video

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10625935/amp/Experts-laugh-Kremlins-amateurish-deepfake-video-Zelensky-surrendering.html


Will the west ever stop this nonsense?! If anyone is the master of blackmail and false information, it is them. Fake video my ass

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by Ellexy: 1:41pm On Mar 21, 2022
Tobichuks08:
Moscow is not pentagon
Putin hardly response to unnecessary issues.

How many times has pentagon said something regarding this war?
How many times has Putin responded..
Putin is never careless with words
The same Putin that has been making threats upandan or another Putin
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by gigabyte13: 1:41pm On Mar 21, 2022
This war don dey reach one month ooooo, Almighty Russia still never win with all their weaponry , numbers and might.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Win or loss Ukraine really exposed the military capability and might of their Russian counterparts.

I swear if not for air raid and missiles, Ukrainian army get mouth pass their Russian counterparts.
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by CoronaVirusPro: 1:42pm On Mar 21, 2022
obailala:
Anyone who believes the Kremlin has any links with such amateurish trash video must be a compound ignoramus... Then as for those asking why Putin isn't responding to the stupid video, you guys must really think Putin is as jobless as some of you?

You are not current.

Disinformation is a Russian art.
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by iLegendd(m): 1:42pm On Mar 21, 2022
Tobichuks08:
Moscow is not pentagon
Putin hardly response to unnecessary issues.

How many times has pentagon said something regarding this war?
How many times has Putin responded..
Putin is never careless with words
Putin talks more. Just that Russian news don't go out to the rest of the world like that.

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by Bigchristo: 1:42pm On Mar 21, 2022
ArchiLimited:
I would've said that the video was the work of independent Russian hackers without any link to the Russian govt, but the fact that Moscow has not come out to deny the video shows they're either directly behind it or in support of it which just heaps more shame and embarrassment on Putin and his cohorts. This is so unethical
You people always see things from one side, the Ukrainian government are the greatest propagandist, you haven’t saw a video of a live report where body bags was on the floor while the reports was going on breeze blow fowl Yarnsh open one of the body on floor was trying to cover himself as breeze was removing his polytene bag they used in wrapping him that video went viral none of you sees it and call it shame on Zelensky grin grin cheesy

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by ken045501: 1:43pm On Mar 21, 2022
Everyday this comedian is on the internet saying one thing or the other , begging for help and accusing smh . Go and fight hero . You are wining the war online and losing offline . Fool
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by michoim(m): 1:43pm On Mar 21, 2022
The Kremlin's propaganda and lies are second to none...
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by TenQ: 1:43pm On Mar 21, 2022
God1000:
Can somebody tell me the difference between the ongoing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and what Israel is doing to Palestinians?
Palestinians want Israel off the map: the same cannot be said of Ukraine.

The Palestinians are just like the Donbas region of Ukraine!

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by rajiedreez: 1:44pm On Mar 21, 2022
This is so so funny, so with Russia IT advancement, this low quality fake video is what they'll produce. Abeg make una stop propaganda jare

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by obailala(m): 1:46pm On Mar 21, 2022
CoronaVirusPro:


You are not current.

Disinformation is a Russian art.
You have to be extremely ignorant to even remotely think the Russian government would be responsible for such an amateur video that can easily be created by some free android apps.

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by rajiedreez: 1:47pm On Mar 21, 2022
TenQ:

Palestinians want Israel off the map: the same cannot be said of Ukraine.

The Palestinians are just like the Donbas region of Ukraine!

Which preceded which between the present day Israel and Palestine
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by WHITELIGHTER: 1:47pm On Mar 21, 2022
Tobichuks08:
Moscow is not pentagon
Putin hardly response to unnecessary issues.

How many times has pentagon said something regarding this war?
How many times has Putin responded..
Putin is never careless with words

I guess he's careless in actions then
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by lordthunderbolt(m): 1:47pm On Mar 21, 2022
ogbiwa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X17yrEV5sl4
I know the video is 3 days old but still shocking

An amateurish deepfake video of Volodymyr Zelensky surrendering to Russia has been laughed off by experts.

The clip shows the Ukrainian president speaking from his lectern as he calls on his troops to lay down their weapons and give in to Putin's invading forces.

The deepfake has been widely circulated on Russian social media and was even planted by hackers on live TV on Ukraine and on a news site before it was taken down.

Internet users immediately flagged the discrepancies between the skin tone on Zelenskiy's neck and face, the odd accent in the video, and the pixelation around his head.

Ukraine 24, which was targeted by the trolls, said it was the work of 'enemy hackers'.

While the clumsy misinformation attempt is unlikely to fool anyone, it has raised concerns about a new front in the information war.

There are fears Russia could flood social media with similar videos hoping to discredit official information put out by Ukraine.

Nina Schick, the author of Deepfakes, said the video looked like 'an absolutely terrible faceswap,' referring to programs that can digitally graft one person's face onto another's body.

Two weeks ago, Ukraine's military intelligence agency put out a short video alerting the country to the danger of deepfakes, alleging that the Kremlin was preparing a stunt involving one.

The Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Schick called the fake Zelenskiy video 'very crude,' but warned that the it was a matter of time before the technology became more accessible.

'Expect fakes like this to become easier to produce while appearing highly authentic,' she said.

Mounir Ibrahim, who works for Truepic, a company which roots out online deepfakes, told The Daily Beast: 'The fact that it's so poorly done is a bit of a head-scratcher. You can clearly see the difference — this is not the best deepfake we've seen, not even close.'

'As we start seeing more and more cheap fakes, deepfakes flood the zone, it's going to desensitise people and allow bad actors to allege, "Nothing is real on the ground, you can't trust anything".'

Zelensky has responded to the fake video of himself, telling supporters: 'We are defending our land, our children, our families. So we don't plan to lay down any arms. Until our victory.'

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

His admission was followed by a similar one by Ms Patel, who said she was targeted earlier this week.

The level of sophistication involved in the hoax has convinced Government sources that it was a Russian plot.

The video call was set up after an email, purportedly sent from an aide at the Ukrainian embassy, was sent to a government department and then forwarded to the Ministry of Defence.

The call was set up and Mr Wallace was put through on Teams to the 'prime minister of Ukraine', posing with the country's flag behind him.

The Times reported that Mr Wallace was asked about the chances of UK warships going to the Black sea and whether Ukraine should get nuclear weapons or join Nato.

Senior Ministry of Defence sources fear Moscow may attempt to splice together Mr Wallace's comments in an attempt to embarrass him.

He has ordered an immediate inquiry to find out how the impostor was able to speak to him.

The Defence Secretary said it was a 'desperate attempt' but 'no amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks' could distract from the human rights abuses carried out during the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's forces.

The photo below is a capture from the deepfake video

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10625935/amp/Experts-laugh-Kremlins-amateurish-deepfake-video-Zelensky-surrendering.html



Russia is winning and they are creating a deep fake

This tells your the summary of what is going on in Ukraine
Ukraine is resisting

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by AlphaTaikun: 1:47pm On Mar 21, 2022
ogbiwa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X17yrEV5sl4
I know the video is 3 days old but still shocking

An amateurish deepfake video of Volodymyr Zelensky surrendering to Russia has been laughed off by experts.

The clip shows the Ukrainian president speaking from his lectern as he calls on his troops to lay down their weapons and give in to Putin's invading forces.

The deepfake has been widely circulated on Russian social media and was even planted by hackers on live TV on Ukraine and on a news site before it was taken down.

Internet users immediately flagged the discrepancies between the skin tone on Zelenskiy's neck and face, the odd accent in the video, and the pixelation around his head.

Ukraine 24, which was targeted by the trolls, said it was the work of 'enemy hackers'.

While the clumsy misinformation attempt is unlikely to fool anyone, it has raised concerns about a new front in the information war.

There are fears Russia could flood social media with similar videos hoping to discredit official information put out by Ukraine.

Nina Schick, the author of Deepfakes, said the video looked like 'an absolutely terrible faceswap,' referring to programs that can digitally graft one person's face onto another's body.

Two weeks ago, Ukraine's military intelligence agency put out a short video alerting the country to the danger of deepfakes, alleging that the Kremlin was preparing a stunt involving one.

The Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Schick called the fake Zelenskiy video 'very crude,' but warned that the it was a matter of time before the technology became more accessible.

'Expect fakes like this to become easier to produce while appearing highly authentic,' she said.

Mounir Ibrahim, who works for Truepic, a company which roots out online deepfakes, told The Daily Beast: 'The fact that it's so poorly done is a bit of a head-scratcher. You can clearly see the difference — this is not the best deepfake we've seen, not even close.'

'As we start seeing more and more cheap fakes, deepfakes flood the zone, it's going to desensitise people and allow bad actors to allege, "Nothing is real on the ground, you can't trust anything".'

Zelensky has responded to the fake video of himself, telling supporters: 'We are defending our land, our children, our families. So we don't plan to lay down any arms. Until our victory.'

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

His admission was followed by a similar one by Ms Patel, who said she was targeted earlier this week.

The level of sophistication involved in the hoax has convinced Government sources that it was a Russian plot.

The video call was set up after an email, purportedly sent from an aide at the Ukrainian embassy, was sent to a government department and then forwarded to the Ministry of Defence.

The call was set up and Mr Wallace was put through on Teams to the 'prime minister of Ukraine', posing with the country's flag behind him.

The Times reported that Mr Wallace was asked about the chances of UK warships going to the Black sea and whether Ukraine should get nuclear weapons or join Nato.

Senior Ministry of Defence sources fear Moscow may attempt to splice together Mr Wallace's comments in an attempt to embarrass him.

He has ordered an immediate inquiry to find out how the impostor was able to speak to him.

The Defence Secretary said it was a 'desperate attempt' but 'no amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks' could distract from the human rights abuses carried out during the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's forces.

The photo below is a capture from the deepfake video

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10625935/amp/Experts-laugh-Kremlins-amateurish-deepfake-video-Zelensky-surrendering.html
Deep fake videos (just like photoshopped photographs)
have become the ultimate
distortion of history.

Mankind will have to find ways
to quickly detect these forgeries
ASAP before lives and reputations
get ruined even though deep fakes
have genuine applications in the
movie industry.
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by GardenOfGod(m): 1:48pm On Mar 21, 2022
God1000:
Can somebody tell me the difference between the ongoing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and what Israel is doing to Palestinians?
Palestinians have so many Islamic terrorists organizations that seeks to destroy Israel as a country....

Now tell me if Ukraine is a terrorist country that seeks to destroy Russia?

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by BRATISLAVA: 1:51pm On Mar 21, 2022
God1000:
Can somebody tell me the difference between the ongoing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and what Israel is doing to Palestinians?

None.

Both are wars against terrorists.
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by bigfish3k: 2:00pm On Mar 21, 2022
God1000:
Can somebody tell me the difference between the ongoing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and what Israel is doing to Palestinians?
You just want to start argument
Don't worry. I am busy now

I will come back for you

Bear in mind that Israel actions is justified every day

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by Olayetan(m): 2:02pm On Mar 21, 2022
GardenOfGod:
How shameful...
Russia is overrated...
US is only cautious because of civilian casualties and possible destruction of NY and other well developed cities in the country, they would have taken Russia down since.


You know nothing, this war between Ukraine and Russia is limited to certain weapons, if they were to fully exercise all use of weapons, Ukraine would be no more by now.

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by Emmyxclusive: 2:02pm On Mar 21, 2022
Tobichuks08:
Moscow is not pentagon
Putin hardly response to unnecessary issues.

How many times has pentagon said something regarding this war?
How many times has Putin responded..
Putin is never careless with words
stop defending rubbish, putin had been issuing statements except u are not following. Russia is the mother of propaganda if u don't know.

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by GardenOfGod(m): 2:03pm On Mar 21, 2022
Olayetan:



You know nothing, this war between Ukraine and Russia is limited to certain weapons, if they were to fully exercise all use of weapons, Ukraine would be no more by now.
You that knows something... Abeg na who set the limit for the weapon usage?

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by Johel(m): 2:07pm On Mar 21, 2022
ogbiwa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X17yrEV5sl4
I know the video is 3 days old but still shocking

An amateurish deepfake video of Volodymyr Zelensky surrendering to Russia has been laughed off by experts.

The clip shows the Ukrainian president speaking from his lectern as he calls on his troops to lay down their weapons and give in to Putin's invading forces.

The deepfake has been widely circulated on Russian social media and was even planted by hackers on live TV on Ukraine and on a news site before it was taken down.

Internet users immediately flagged the discrepancies between the skin tone on Zelenskiy's neck and face, the odd accent in the video, and the pixelation around his head.

Ukraine 24, which was targeted by the trolls, said it was the work of 'enemy hackers'.

While the clumsy misinformation attempt is unlikely to fool anyone, it has raised concerns about a new front in the information war.

There are fears Russia could flood social media with similar videos hoping to discredit official information put out by Ukraine.

Nina Schick, the author of Deepfakes, said the video looked like 'an absolutely terrible faceswap,' referring to programs that can digitally graft one person's face onto another's body.

Two weeks ago, Ukraine's military intelligence agency put out a short video alerting the country to the danger of deepfakes, alleging that the Kremlin was preparing a stunt involving one.

The Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Schick called the fake Zelenskiy video 'very crude,' but warned that the it was a matter of time before the technology became more accessible.

'Expect fakes like this to become easier to produce while appearing highly authentic,' she said.

Mounir Ibrahim, who works for Truepic, a company which roots out online deepfakes, told The Daily Beast: 'The fact that it's so poorly done is a bit of a head-scratcher. You can clearly see the difference — this is not the best deepfake we've seen, not even close.'

'As we start seeing more and more cheap fakes, deepfakes flood the zone, it's going to desensitise people and allow bad actors to allege, "Nothing is real on the ground, you can't trust anything".'

Zelensky has responded to the fake video of himself, telling supporters: 'We are defending our land, our children, our families. So we don't plan to lay down any arms. Until our victory.'

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

The move is part of the disinformation war, which has seen Russia conceal its casualties, claim Ukraine started the war and is committing atrocities against its own people.

On Thursday, defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Russian 'dirty tricks' after he and Home Secretary Priti Patel were targeted by an impostor posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

The Defence Secretary spent 10 minutes on a Microsoft Teams call with a man claiming to be Oleksiy Honcharuk, who asked about British policy and eventually urged him to shout slogans.

Mr Wallace, who revealed the deception in a Tweet, said he became suspicious and terminated the call after 'several misleading questions'.

His admission was followed by a similar one by Ms Patel, who said she was targeted earlier this week.

The level of sophistication involved in the hoax has convinced Government sources that it was a Russian plot.

The video call was set up after an email, purportedly sent from an aide at the Ukrainian embassy, was sent to a government department and then forwarded to the Ministry of Defence.

The call was set up and Mr Wallace was put through on Teams to the 'prime minister of Ukraine', posing with the country's flag behind him.

The Times reported that Mr Wallace was asked about the chances of UK warships going to the Black sea and whether Ukraine should get nuclear weapons or join Nato.

Senior Ministry of Defence sources fear Moscow may attempt to splice together Mr Wallace's comments in an attempt to embarrass him.

He has ordered an immediate inquiry to find out how the impostor was able to speak to him.

The Defence Secretary said it was a 'desperate attempt' but 'no amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks' could distract from the human rights abuses carried out during the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's forces.

The photo below is a capture from the deepfake video

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10625935/amp/Experts-laugh-Kremlins-amateurish-deepfake-video-Zelensky-surrendering.html


Lies from the bottomless pit...Russia too big to be engaging on some meaningless fake shit...they should keep crying while Putin keeps bombing their asses.. Nonsense grin grin

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by WoundedLamb: 2:08pm On Mar 21, 2022
No integrity.
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by Olayetan(m): 2:08pm On Mar 21, 2022
GardenOfGod:

You that knows something... Abeg na who set the limit for the weapon usage?

There's a law that has been passed never to use any nuclear weapon since after the time of Hiroshima.
You can seek more knowledge about it on Google.

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by ken6488(m): 2:10pm On Mar 21, 2022
Anything to end the war is welcome
Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by pseudonomer: 2:13pm On Mar 21, 2022
In case, you don’t know what this is, watch:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sB052Pz0sQ

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Re: Russia Created A Deepfake Video Of Zelensky Asking Ukrainian Troops To Surrender by ovie8200: 2:15pm On Mar 21, 2022
Tobichuks08:
Moscow is not pentagon
Putin hardly response to unnecessary issues.

How many times has pentagon said something regarding this war?
How many times has Putin responded..
Putin is never careless with words


Sometimes you people amaze me. Everything must be about America. What is the war got to do with America if I may ask? What does the video have to do with America and Pentagon if I may ask? Over and Over, President Biden and other USA official has talked and made several statements regarding the war and has done a lot to help Ukraine. What have you and your useless president and Nigeria have done or say about the war in Ukraine if I may ask?.

The hatred many of you had about America is crazy. Every little thing America name or something about America must be mentioned.

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