Russians are going around messaging Ukrainian/pro-Ukrainian channels impersonating as Ukrainian soldiers posing outside recaptured villages in the Lyman direction, and sending "exclusive" videos for them to post.

In reality, this is a Russian informational warfare campaign aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The soldiers shown are AI-generated, based on obituaries of previously killed Ukrainian soldiers.

I was sent one of these videos a few days ago, but luckily I, unlike some channels, don't post everything they get sent with the hopes of being "first" and getting lots of views. Some channels fell for this bait and posted the video claiming it was "exclusive, sent from our sources on the ground".

This was a good litmus test to see which channels actually check to see if their "information from the ground" is accurate, and which ones don't bother and just blindly post it with the hopes of getting lot's of views.