Kremenchutska Hazeta chief editor reports fake video with his AI generated likeness to police

Kremenchutska Hazeta (Poltava oblast) chief editor Oleh Bulashev filed a statement with the police after an AI generated video featuring his likeness was posted on the Facebook page "Regional News". Bulashev asks law enforcers to help block this page. In the fake video, the chief editor appears to be commenting on Kremenchuk deputy Bohdan Lazorenko's calls on Ukrainians to enlist in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The journalist spoke about this in a comment to Nadia Kucher, the Institute of Mass Information representative in Poltava.

“An AI generated video where I appear to be saying all this was posted on Facebook, but even with the naked eye you can see that the words do not match the way my mouth moves in the video. I did not make this video, so this is another fake that smears my name,” said Oleh Bulashev.

He added that he asks the police to identify those who use his name, punish them according to the law, and block the page “Regional News”.

“Regional News” became active in March 2025, when the page posted the first video about the Kremenchuk City Council deputy Bohdan Lazorenko. The official himself denied involvement in the video on his official Facebook page and said that it was AI speaking on his behalf. There are no other videos on the page apart from the one featuring the AI generated image of the Kremenchuk deputy.