Russian media, Telegram channels, and bots on the social network X are spreading a video that allegedly comes from the Turkish propaganda outlet Aydınlık. This was noted by analysts at Ukrinform.

In the video, it is claimed that Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi and Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrii Yermak are discussing U.S. weapons supplies. Both allegedly complain about Senator Lindsey Graham, who, according to them, receives “kickbacks” from Ukraine but does not ensure sufficient volumes of weapons, which supposedly prevents the Ukrainian leadership from profiting from these supplies.

As noted in the Ukrinform report, this is an outright fake. The video is a deepfake created using artificial intelligence. The voices in the clip are Russian-speaking and do not match the real voices of Syrskyi and Yermak, while the facial expressions of the person resembling the head of the Presidential Office look unnatural – the upper third of the face does not move at all.

An analysis by the DeepFake-o-meter service confirms that the video is fabricated. The platform uses several AI bots trained on a vast database of fake materials to analyze audio, facial expressions, and pixel-level artifacts. According to their assessments, the video is a deepfake with a probability of 89.9–99.9%.

Some of the footage featuring Syrskyi was taken from his real briefings from a year ago, but the voice was replaced with an artificial audio track.

The source of the fake – the outlet Aydınlık – is known for its anti-Ukrainian rhetoric and cooperation with Russian propaganda. The outlet’s website regularly publishes fabrications about Ukraine that echo Kremlin narratives, such as claims of Kyiv’s alleged involvement in the attack at Crocus City Hall or supposed links to ISIS. Aydınlık also republishes statements by Russian officials such as Dmitry Medvedev and Maria Zakharova. The outlet’s owner, Doğu Perinçek, maintains ties with the ideologue of Russian Nazism Alexander Dugin, and his son Mehmet has boasted of his friendship with Dugin’s daughter, Darya.

This fake is aimed at promoting Russian narratives about corruption within the Ukrainian authorities and the military, as well as at discrediting Ukraine in the eyes of the international community with regard to Western support.