"Fake Zelensky video footage goes viral"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukraine's military to lay down its arms. In a video message, he was seen calling on Ukrainian troops. The video footage immediately spread on social media. It was later revealed that the man was not Zelensky.
The BBC reports that a man who looks like Zelensky is speaking. Her lips were moving in line with the video footage. However, the head did not match the body of the person seen in the video. Zelensky's voice did not match what was said in the video. A photo taken from the video was published on the website of the Ukrainian TV channel Ukraine24. In addition, the message given in the video is broadcast on TV. However, Ukraine24 later said in a statement that the hacked message was broadcast on television and on a website. He is not the one who was seen talking in the video. Zelensky added that he could only call on the Russian army to drop its weapons and return home, not the Ukrainian army.
The BBC says the video footage aired in Zelensky's name is fake. This video was made by putting Zelensky's head in someone's picture through the misuse of technology. It's called 'Deepfake'. This is the first 'Deepfake' video footage of the country's president imitating the war in Ukraine.