The Russians created a fake image of Shmyhal to contact Halyuk Bayraktar
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine foiled the provocation of Russian pranksters against the general director of the Turkish company Baykar Defense Haluk Bayraktar
This is reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence.
The Russians tried to contact one of the founders of the ‘Baykar Defense’ company, which produces the famous Bayraktar drones, Halyuk Bayraktar. The conversation was held on behalf of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, whose video image was created using deepfake technology.
However, instead of the expected conversation with Mr. Khaliuk, the Russians were “lucky” to talk with the no less fake secretary of the Baykar company. Therefore, to answer the question: “what happened today with the Crimean bridge?”
The MDI noted the low level of training of Russian operatives, who exposed themselves several times during the conversation. Including because of not knowing the correct pronunciation of the permanent expression “babine lito”, which they pronounced as the Russian “babye leto”.
The purpose of this action was an attempt to discredit 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.
