Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Ukrainian Olympians deepfake (Feb 2026)
Russian propagandists are using AI-generated videos with cloned voices to discredit Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics. They altered a real press conference video of Kirsty Coventry, replacing her voice with…
- Incident date
- Feb 2026
- Target
- Ukrainian Olympians
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Russian propagandists are using AI-generated videos with cloned voices to discredit Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics. They altered a real press conference video of Kirsty Coventry, replacing her voice with an AI clone to make it appear as though she was criticizing the Ukrainian athletes. They also fabricated a fake commentary attributed to an American commentator to discredit Ukrainian athletes.