Russian occupiers try to contact Baykar CEO impersonating Ukrainian PM

ROMAN PETRENKO – SUNDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2022, 08:34

Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has foiled a Russian provocation targeting the CEO of the Baykar defence company, Haluk Bayraktar.

Source: Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Quote: "The Russians attempted to contact Haluk Bayraktar, one of the founders of the Baykar defence company, which produces the famous Bayraktar drones. During the conversation, [the Russians] impersonated Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, whose video image was created using deepfake technology.

However, instead of the expected conversation with Mr Haluk, the Russians were ‘lucky’ to get hold of the equally fake ‘secretary of the Baykar company’."

Details: Ukrainian intelligence pointed out the low level of training of Russian operatives, who exposed themselves several times during the conversation.

The foiled provocation was an attempt to discredit the cooperation between Ukraine and Turkey.

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