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Reported Deepfakes of Ukrainian Deputy PM Olha Stefanishyna Allegedly Supporting Fictional Mobilization Plan for Women
- Occurred
- Jun 30, 2025
- Published
- Jun 30, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In late June 2025, Russian Telegram channels reportedly circulated deepfake videos claiming that Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna backed mandatory mobilization of up to one million Ukrainian women starting September 1. Officials reportedly debunked the claim, confirming no such plans or laws exist. The disinformation operation reportedly aimed to incite panic and destabilize Ukraine's domestic situation.
Developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
- Synthetic video generation technology developers
Deployers
- Russian Telegram channels
- Russian disinformation channels
- Pro-Russian information manipulation actors
- Information manipulation actors
- Government of Russia-aligned actors
- Synthetic media creators
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Women of Ukraine
- Olha Stefanishnyna
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
- Government of Ukraine
- General public of Ukraine
- Epistemic integrity
- Democratic integrity
- General public
- Public figures
- Politicians
- Politicians in Ukraine
- Women and girls
- Women
Tags
- Deepfake
- Disinformation
- Synthetic audio
- Voice cloning
- Russian propaganda
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Misinformation
- Impersonation
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Deepfake videos were used to spread disinformation about mobilization plans, causing potential panic and destabilization.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8