During the last hours, the specialized center for strategic information of the Ukrainian Army assured that Russian propagandists are spreading false information about an alleged counter-offensive by Ukraine against Russia. And in the midst of these accusations, it has been reported that several Russian radio stations were hacked and played a fake speech by President Vladimir Putin announcing a Ukrainian invasion.
It would be a deepfake created by Russian hackers with Artificial Intelligence, in which Putin alerts the population to be prepared to receive the invasion by Kiev troops, also announcing emergency measures in three border regions with Ukraine, as reported Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by the state news agency RIA Novosti, assuring that “control has already been reestablished.”
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The false message is going viral on various social networks, stating that “Ukrainian troops, armed to the teeth by NATO and with the consent and support of Washington, have invaded the territories of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk.” Deepfake using a voice very similar to Putin’s, and also announcing martial law, general mobilization and the evacuation of civilians in those three regions.
The Kremlin rushed to state that someone hacked Russian TV and radio channels, and posted an allegedly fake video with Putin announcing the invasion of Ukrainian troops into the border regions of #Russiaas well as the general mobilization and evacuation of citizens. pic.twitter.com/pGGtxtlygq
— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) June 5, 2023
Putin’s uncharacteristically brief and to-the-point fake speech was apparently broadcast across Russia, on TV and radio, to sow panic amid cross-border incursions from Ukraine and feuding between Russian war factions pic.twitter.com/jtOFKiYQkH
— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) June 5, 2023
Radio station MIR called this hack “a complete hoax and provocation,” while the Belgorod regional administrative center said the message was aimed at “sowing panic among the peaceful residents of Belgorod.” The Voronezh region, which borders Belgorod, also warned its residents about a “hacking of radio transmission frequencies” and said there was “no cause for concern.”
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