DeepfakeHigh
Deepfake Video of Ukrainian President Yielding to Russia Posted on Ukrainian Websites and Social Media
- Occurred
- Mar 16, 2022
- Published
- Mar 17, 2022
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A quickly-debunked deepfaked video of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was posted on various Ukrainian websites and social media platforms encouraging Ukrainians to surrender to Russian forces during the Russia-Ukraine war.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- hackers
Harmed parties
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Ukrainian social media users
- Ukrainian public
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Synthetic media used to deceive during active conflict, posing significant national security risks.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8