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Reported AI-Generated Audio of Ukrainian Commander Andriy Biletsky Used in Russian Disinformation Campaign
- Occurred
- Jun 30, 2025
- Published
- Jun 30, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In late June 2025, Russian Telegram channels reportedly circulated a video containing a purportedly AI-generated audio track impersonating Ukrainian commander Andrii Biletskyi. The audio clip reportedly claimed Ukrainian authorities deliberately avoid identifying fallen soldiers to withhold compensation. Verification reportedly showed the voice was synthetic and mismatched with original May 16 footage of Biletskyi. Hive Moderation reportedly confirmed the audio was overwhelmingly AI-generated.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Russian Telegram channels
- Russian disinformation channels
- Government of Russia-aligned actors
- Information manipulation actors
- Pro-Russian information manipulation actors
Harmed parties
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
- Military of Ukraine
- Government of Ukraine
- General public of Ukraine
- Families of military personnel in Ukraine
- Epistemic integrity
- Andriy Biletsky
Tags
- Deepfake
- Disinformation
- Synthetic audio
- Voice cloning
- Military propaganda
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Telegram
- Political manipulation
- Impersonation
- Misinformation
- Psyops
- Hive moderation
- False claims
- Information warfare
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated audio impersonating a military commander used in disinformation campaign.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8