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💊 Russian commanders are showing Putin fake battlefield victories created with AI In mid-October, Russian generals reported to Putin that they had captured Dobropillia. Shortly afterward, Russia’s Defense Ministry released footage showing soldiers posing with Russian flags among the ruins of the supposedly captured city. According to the Financial Times, the Russian military is increasingly using deepfakes to exaggerate its battlefield successes. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) identified 35 videos online that appeared to have been generated or altered using AI. Some were even circulated by Russia’s Defense Ministry itself. One FT source explained how the system of inflated reports works: a commander claims to have captured a settlement and reports it to a colonel, who passes it to a general. The information then moves up the chain of command until it reaches the General Staff and Putin. But by the time the report reaches the Kremlin, Russian troops may have already retreated. Meanwhile, commanders continue issuing orders based on the assumption that the settlement is still under Russian control. In the end, the Russian army keeps winning in AI-generated videos while the reality on the battlefield tells a very different story.