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Video. False claims Ukraine planned to assassinate French President

Updated: 20/02/2024 - 10:16 GMT+1

Russian propagandists accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of attempting to assassinate the French president – but it turns out the video segment aired on France 24 is a deep fake generated by artificial intelligence.

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