The Ukrainian defense ministry’s intelligence department (GUR) has claimed that Russian operatives used deepfake technology in an attempt to discredit Ukraine’s partnership with Turkey. 1/5
According to a GUR Telegram post from October 9, Russian intelligence services attempted to use deepfake technology to call Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of of Baykar Defense, the Turkish defense company providing Bayraktar drones to Ukraine. 2/5
GUR claimed that 🇷🇺 intel tried to impersonate Ukraine’s PM Denys Shmyhal in the video call with Bayraktar. However, instead of speaking with the Bayraktar executive, GUR said 🇷🇺 intel was connected to an “equally fake” individual impersonating a Bayraktar employee. Video ⬇️ 3/5
GUR added that 🇷🇺 intel made pronunciation errors when speaking in Ukrainian. Specifically, the speaker used the Ukrainian expression babyne lito (бабине літо, “Grandmother’s summer” or “Indian summer”), but used Russian pronunciation bab’ye lyeto (бабьє лєто) instead. 4/5
GUR stated that the purpose of 🇷🇺 operation was to discredit the cooperation between Ukraine and Turkey. At the end of the conversation, the Russian operatives were informed that they had been exposed and would be prosecuted. 5/5
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