viral video Shared by X He claims to show France 24's video report on the attempted assassination of French President Emmanuel Macron by Ukraine.
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According to French media, the Kiev regime lured French President Emmanuel Macron to Ukraine, killed him, and blamed his death on Russia in order to return media attention to Ukraine and increase financial and military aid from the West. He said he tried to blame it. … pic.twitter.com/VqrH3Uph2w
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Verdict: False
That claim is false. In a post shared on its website, France24 pointed out that the video was a “deepfake.”
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“Breaking news: According to French media, the Kiev regime lured French President Emmanuel Macron to Ukraine, murdered him, and left him dead in order to return media attention to Ukraine and increase financial and military aid from the West. Tried to blame Russia,” the caption of the X video reads in part. “French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled his visit to Ukraine due to deadly provocations being planned against him,” the article continues.
The video, which has been viewed more than 400,000 times, is said to show France 24's report on the alleged assassination attempt on Mr Macron.
However, this claim is false. France24 pointed out that the video was a “deepfake”. post Shared on the website.
“A viral video purports to show an excerpt from one of France's 24 French-language channel's news bulletins. In it, the host shows French President Emmanuel Macron complaining that French secret services have “We announced that we have postponed our visit to Ukraine because we thwarted an assassination attempt. However, as Emerald Maxwell explains, this news is false and the video is a deepfake,” the post reads. The post includes a video report from Maxwell pointing out that artificial intelligence was used to create the deepfakes.
Similarly, “Check the facts” was also not found Trustworthy news reporting supports the claim. In fact, the opposite is true.Lead Stories labeled this claim false Articles from February 16th. The newspaper reported that the claims were made ahead of the planned signing of a “bilateral security agreement” between Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. Additionally, the paper noted that French publications Challenges and Politico Europe both reported articles about the assassination attempt as true.
Furthermore, neither Macron or Zelensky publicly commented on this claim. (Related: No, the Secret Service did not reveal Zelenskiy's naturalization certificate)
Check Your Fact has contacted France24 and Mr Macron's office for comment and will update this article accordingly.
