| Title: | Fact Check: U.S. Spokesperson Did NOT Justify Ukrainian Strikes On Belgorod, Russia Saying It Holds ‘Virtually No Civilians’ — Video Is AI Fake | Lead Stories |
| URL: | https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/06/fact-check-us-speaker-did-not-justify-ukrainian-strikes-on-russian-city-of-belgorod-claiming-that-there-were-no-civilians.html |
| Publisher: | Lead Stories |
| Date published: | June 3, 2024 |
| Description: | Does a 50-second video show authentic remarks by U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller discussing “military targets” in the Russian city of Belgorod, with “virtually no civilians left” in that city? No, that’s not true: The video mixes video of different briefings, during which Miller made no such remarks. The words falsely attributed to him in the video were AI-generated. The State Department labeled the video a deepfake. The video of fake remarks was also posted by the Russian Embassy in South Africa account on X, but later that post was deleted. |
Does a 50-second video show authentic remarks by U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller discussing “military targets” in the Russian city of Belgorod, with “virtually no civilians left” in that city?
No, that’s not true: The video mixes video of different briefings, during which Miller made no such remarks. The words falsely attributed to him in the video were AI-generated. The State Department labeled the video a deepfake.
The video of fake remarks was also posted by the Russian Embassy in South Africa account on X, but later that post was deleted.
