Russians create a fake video of Zelensky.
A fake video of the Ukrainian president telling people to surrender is being circulated online.
The video shows what appears to be Volodymyr Zelenskyy standing behind a podium saying, “It did not turn out to be so easy to be president.”
He went on to say that he had “decided to return Russia to Donbas” in eastern Ukraine and that his army’s efforts in the war had “failed”.
The short message ends with “My advice to you is to lay down your arms and return to your families. It is not worth dying in this war. My advice to you is to live. “I will do the same.”
But the video is a forgery and its easy to spot.
Deepfake usually includes an image or video in which a person or object is visually manipulated through sound.
In the clip that is being distributed online, the head of the Ukrainian president is too big for the body with which he is digitally attached.
You can also see a higher level of pixels around Zelensky’s head compared to his body.
The real Zelensky later reacted to the edited video by initially saying “Good afternoon. As for the latest childish provocation with tips to drop guns, I only advise Russian Federation troops to drop their guns and return home. We are already at home, we are protecting our land, our children, our families. “So we will not give up our weapons until our victory.”