{"id":2329065,"date":"2024-08-22T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-claims-to-show-ukrainian-troops-pretending-to-be-in-front-of-kursk\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:04:18","slug":"fact-check-image-claims-to-show-ukrainian-troops-pretending-to-be-in-front-of-kursk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-claims-to-show-ukrainian-troops-pretending-to-be-in-front-of-kursk\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Ukrainian Troops Pretending To Be In Front Of Kursk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-image-claims-to-show-ukrainian-troops-pretending-to-be-in-front-of-kursk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2329065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-claims-daunte-wright-had-an-arrest-warrant-for-a-marijuana-related-fine\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims Daunte Wright Had An Arrest Warrant For A Marijuana-Related Fine\">shared image<\/a> on\u2062 X, \u2063which claims to depict Ukrainian troops at Kursk,\u2063 has been identified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-attorney-general-investigating-fake-biden-robocall\/\" title=\"NH Attorney General probes fake Biden robocall\">artificially generated<\/a>\u2062 and is therefore false. The\u200b post, written by user @ivan_8848, \u200cincludes a humorous take on the situation, suggesting that \u200cRussian forces should\u2064 surrender because Ukrainian troops are \u2063supposedly \u200centering Kursk. \u2064However, the\u200d post highlights a mistake regarding a letter used in the image, \u2064pointing out that the character shown is \u2063not the\u2062 Russian \u200cletter for &#8220;U&#8221; but rather a &#8220;Y.&#8221; \u200dUltimately, the\u2063 claim \u2062is \u200bdismissed as\u200d false\u2062 due to the image&#8217;s AI-generated nature.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ivan_8848\/status\/1825331658909692382?s=46&amp;t=_SBps_6l8pJpvMTuSvyAeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/x.com\/ivan_8848\/status\/1825331658909692382?s%3D46%26t%3D_SBps_6l8pJpvMTuSvyAeQ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1724358703990000&amp;usg=AOvVaw20e9zJOMkWNd_4ks8fT2jT\">shared on X<\/a>&nbsp;claims to show Ukrainian troops pretending to be in front of Kursk.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OMG, all is lost!&hellip; Orcs, surrender!!&hellip; Ukrops are entering Kursk!!!<\/p>\n<p>&hellip;Wait a second&hellip; That&rsquo;s not the Russian letter &ldquo;&#1059;&rdquo;&hellip; That&rsquo;s a &ldquo;Y&rdquo;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&#129313;&#128055;&#129313; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CFIL7XDOyJ\">pic.twitter.com\/CFIL7XDOyJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ivan_8848\/status\/1825331658909692382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image was generated by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia&rsquo;s Kursk oblast earlier in August and has continued to advance into Russian territory, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/kursk-incursion-boosts-ukrainian-morale-after-grim-year-2024-08-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. This has given Ukrainians a morale boost as the country continues to lose territory in the eastern part of Ukraine to Russian advances, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users are claiming an image shows Ukrainian troops pretending to enter Kursk. One user wrote,&rdquo;OMG, all is lost!&hellip; Orcs, surrender!!&hellip; Ukrops are entering Kursk!!!&hellip;Wait a second&hellip; That&rsquo;s not the Russian letter &lsquo;&#1059;&rsquo;&hellip; That&rsquo;s a &lsquo;Y&rsquo;&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This claim is false. The image has been generated by artificial intelligence. One indication is that the man holding the flag has six fingers, while others include inconsistencies with the patches. <span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/08\/06\/fact-check-no-video-of-a-patriot-launcher-is-not-from-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No, Video Of A Patriot Launcher Is Not From Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact also ran the image through Hive Moderation, which is a tool that detects content created by artificial intelligence. The tool found that the image had a 99% chance of being created by artificial intelligence. The engine that created the image appears to be Stable Diffusion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8196374\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-8196374\">Screenshot\/Hive Moderation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Social media users using images created by artificial intelligence is not new. For example, Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/08\/21\/fact-check-pope-francis-rainbow-scarf-ai-generated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-claims-to-show-in-n-out-burger-cup-saying-lets-go-brandon\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show In-N-Out Burger Cup Saying \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019\">image claiming<\/a> to show Pope Francis with a rainbow scarf.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image circulating on X purports to depict Ukrainian soldiers faking their presence in Kursk. One user exclaimed, &#8220;OMG, all is lost! Orcs, surrender!! Ukrops are entering Kursk!!! &#8230; Hold on&#8230; That\u2019s not the Russian letter &#8216;\u0423&#8217;&#8230; That\u2019s a &#8216;Y&#8217;&#8230;&#8221; However, this claim has been determined to be false. The image was created using artificial intelligence. According to Reuters, Ukraine did initiate an incursion into Russia&#8217;s Kursk region earlier in August and has made further advances into Russian territory, which has boosted morale among Ukrainians as they face losses in eastern Ukraine due to Russian offensives. The AI-generated image features anomalies such as a man with six fingers and inconsistencies in patches. Check Your Fact utilized Hive Moderation\u2014a tool for identifying AI-generated content\u2014and found a 99% likelihood that the image was artificially created by Stable Diffusion. This isn&#8217;t an isolated incident; Check Your Fact previously debunked another AI-generated image claiming to show Pope Francis wearing a rainbow scarf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2329066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165989577-scaled-e1723816118996.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13420,38482,38941],"class_list":["post-2329065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fact-check","tag-kursk","tag-ukrainian-troops"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165989577-scaled-e1723816118996.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}