Fake video of Putin's mobilization announcement aired on state television

The video showed what turned out to be a digitally altered image of Vladimir Putin moving his lips to sync with the fake address

Deepfake Vladimir Putin's speech about the declaration of martial law and general mobilization in response to the Ukrainian attacks was broadcast on Russian television and radio.

The hack, which was reported throughout Russia, appeared to coincide with what Russian military observers called the beginning of Ukrainian war. expected counteroffensive.

Videos from across Russia posted to social media on Monday showed what appeared to be a digitally altered image of Putin moving his lips to sync with a fake address.

Standing next to the Russian flag, the president was declaring martial law in three border regions and said that in the near future he would sign a decree declaring a general mobilization.

“We need to combine all the efforts of the Russians to defeat a dangerous and insidious enemy,” he was heard to say.< /p>“I have no words”

The widespread appeal prompted Russian officials to make quick denials. as authorities in Voronezh and Belgorod accused unnamed hackers of trying to «sow panic» in border areas.

A Kremlin spokesman on Monday admitted radio waves had been hacked.

«Everything is fixed and under control,» he told Russian news agencies, adding that an investigation had been launched into a hack that apparently affected one obscure Mir TV company, which has a radio station and a TV channel. /p>

Putin's image could be seen in social media videos beaming in well-furnished living rooms while others were videotaping radio broadcasts in their cars.

In a video that first appeared on local chat in the southern city of Voronezh, a woman turns up the volume, struggling to contain her shock.

«Damn it! What the hell?» she is heard speaking as the fake president declares martial law.

«I'm speechless.»

The world has admitted that its television and radio waves have been hijacked on Monday afternoon for about 20 minutes in «illegal violation.»

Meanwhile, Putin received the country's transport minister and the head of a national company on Monday to discuss restoring transport links in Russia-occupied areas of Ukraine.

> Vladimir Putin (center) talks with Oleg Belozerov (right) and Vitaly Savelyev (left) about restoring transport links in Russian-occupied areas Ukraine Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Sputnik The Kremlin

The Minister of Transport told Putin they were thinking about reopening the airport in Mariupol as early as next year «if the situation permits», without mentioning the ongoing hostilities.

Unlike Putin, Russian pro-military military observers raised the alarm on Monday about a Ukrainian counteroffensive.