Enemies spread fake video of Zaluzhny's alleged appeal

Russian social networks are actively promoting dipfakes of an alleged video message by the AFU commander-in-chief, Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, in which he allegedly calls on Ukrainians to protest against the current government. This was reported by the Centre for Countering Disinformation.

Enemy TG-channels are coordinatedly distributing diplomatic video messages of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny in which he allegedly calls on the population of Ukraine to go to the squares of their cities, and the military - not to obey the "criminal orders" of the authorities," the report says.

It is stressed that this video message is actually fake. It was created and distributed by the Russians with the help of technology dipfake in social networks.

Commander-in-Chief of the AFU Valeriy Zaluzhny did not make an address and did not call for a military coup.

By spreading such fakes, the Russians seek to sow panic among the population and assure that there is a split between the authorities and the military.