Deepfake Video Shows Zelensky Asking Ukrainians To Surrender To Russia [Watch]

A deepfake video depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urging his citizens to surrender amid Ukraine's conflict with Russia circulated on social media and several news websites. The fake video showed a rendering of the Ukrainian president asking his troops to lay down their weapons and surrender to Russia. The footage, which ran about a minute long, was shared widely across online platforms, including Facebook and YouTube, on Wednesday before it was removed. "Earlier today, our teams identified and removed a deepfake video claiming to show President Zelensky issuing a statement he never did. It appeared on a reportedly compromised website and then started showing across the internet," Nathaniel Gleicher, Meta's head of security policy, said in a tweet. Meta is a tech company that owns Facebook and Twitter.