{
 "id": "AIR-2022-0033",
 "slug": "deepfake-video-of-ukrainian-president-used-to-encourage-surr",
 "title": "Deepfake video of Ukrainian President used to encourage surrender",
 "summary": "A deepfaked video depicting the Ukrainian President telling soldiers to surrender was posted on websites and social media platforms. The synthetic media was quickly debunked and caused limited impact.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Deepfake President Zelenskyy Video"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2022-12-23",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2022-12-23",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://github.com/avidml/avid-db/blob/main/vulnerabilities/2022/AVID-2022-V009.json",
   "publisher": "AVID",
   "title": "AVID-2022-V009: A quickly-debunked deepfaked video of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was posted on various Ukrainian websites and social media platforms encouraging Ukrainians to surrender to Russian forces during the Russia-Ukraine war.",
   "published_at": "2022-12-23"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/198",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Incident 198: Deepfake Video of Ukrainian President Yielding to Russia Posted on Ukrainian Websites and Social Media",
   "published_at": "2022-12-23"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 2,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_avid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "disinformation",
  "ukraine"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:56:23.100Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:56:23.100Z"
}