In recent weeks, videos of alleged soldiers forced to go to the front, regretting having enlisted or having surrendered in the Russian army, for whom you asked WhatsApp chatbot whore (+34 644 229 319). These contents, which may appear real due to events such as real cases of forced recruitment or suspected cases of Colombian soldiers kidnapped in Ukraine, They are generated with AI. With them, the Kremlin tries to give credibility to his disinformation campaigns and strengthen the stories.
In November 2025, it circulated a video of an alleged Ukrainian soldier. He claimed to be 23 years old and asked for help to prevent him from going to the front. As the Italian auditor explained openthe images were generated with artificial intelligence, although they were shared on X as if they were real in at least 13 languages. Even the chatbot The AI of Elon Musk’s platform, Groksaid in several languages that it was a real video.
Among those who amplified the content is News from Venezuelaa Venezuelan website that share Russian disinformation regularly in Russian state media Sputnik and Russia Today, sanctioned by the European Union since March 2022. EUvsDisinfo explains that these two websites seek to support the Kremlin’s policies through information manipulation campaigns.
The same TikTok account that posted the video, and which has already been deleted, has posted other similar content. Myth Detector (Georgia) verified another example generated with artificial intelligence from a Alleged Ukrainian soldier said he was forced to fight in war. The face used in these two videos belongs to a Russian blogger.
This technology was also used to draw the image of the repentant volunteer. An example is a video of a supposed brazilian soldier who said: “Mom, for God’s sake, I shouldn’t have come. » In X just one message With these images, as of December 4, 2025, it has more than two million views. This was also amplified by Liu Sivayathat spread pro-Russian stories And disinformation in favor of Russia several times on his channel Telegram with over 135,000 subscribers.
AFP Factualthe verification service of the French press agency, explained that it was shared in at least six other languages. According to his analysis, it was first published on a YouTube channel in the biography of which he indicates that his content is generated with this technology. This same account has published other similar videos of alleged Brazilian soldiers cry over war in Ukraine.
THE disinformation It also aims to show a militarily weakened Ukrainian army. For example, a video of an alleged soldier The Ukrainian asks the Russian army not to shoot. This video went viral on different social networks, accumulating thousands of views, It’s not real either. As the watermark indicates, it was created with sora, a social network to create hyper realistic videos with AI that is used to misinform.
Delphi (Lithuania) identified two more videos of hypotheses Ukrainian soldiers ‘surrender en masse’» before the Russian army generated with this tool. In one of them a supposed Ukrainian soldier appears shouting that he can’t take it anymore. In the other, a long line of soldiers who identify themselves as members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces “surrender” to Russia. The empty chair He pointed out that the latter was also broadcast as if it showed Colombian volunteers.
In thirteen different countries Two images of alleged British soldiers captured by the Russian armyeither while accomplishing a mission for the NATOaccording to the analysis of France 24. This is part of another Russian story: that NATO is directly involved in the war in Ukraine. These images too show signs of having been generated with artificial intelligence: in one, the inscriptions on the passports are illegible and the shield is distorted; in the other, the insignia is misplaced or does not correspond to the military rank. Moreover, the so-called soldiers are not physically equal to each other.
At least one of them was spread by Eurasia Dailya press agency Russian which was also sanctioned by the European Union because it is considered a instrument of manipulation and propaganda of the Russian government.
With these contents, Russia is trying to send the message that the Ukrainian army is weakened both militarily and emotionally.. In doing so, he tries to make people believe that he is in a position of military superiority over Ukraine, that he would have no chance of winning this war.
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