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This deepfake video was created by manipulating a real video of Vladimir Putin that was originally posted by the Kremlin last February. 👇

was shared online. Serhii Sternenko, the Twitter user above who shared this video, admitted in a follow-up tweet that this video was fake but said that it was"quality" work compared to the Zelenskyy fake.

Sternenko wrote :"Learn, кацапи , how to make [deepfakes]. This is a quality work, not the bullshit you [used] against Zelensky."video of Putin that was originally posted by the Kremlin on Feb. 21. While Putin's movements in the edited video and the genuine video generally matched up, the edited version manipulated Putin's mouth to make it appear as if the fabricated audio was truly coming from the Russian president. This is most noticeable during portions of the video where the real Putin is silent and the fake Putin is speaking.[video width="1280" height="704" mp4="https://www.snopes.com/uploads/2022/03/putin-deepfake.

Deepfake videos have been around for awhile, but up until now they have largely been used in a satirical fashion or to make fake porn videos. Sam Gregory, an AI and disinformation expert with the international non-profit organization WITNESS, said this is the first time that these deepfakes were created and spread as part of a war propaganda effort. :"This is the first deepfake that we've seen used in an intentional and broadly deceptive way ...

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