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Purportedly AI-Generated Image of British Army Colonels Captured in Ukraine Reportedly Circulates in Russian Media

August 4, 2025

An unverified claim circulating in Russian media, supported by an allegedly AI-generated image with visual and textual irregularities, suggests the capture of two British Army colonels in Ukraine. The individuals named in the claim, 'Edward Blake' and 'Richard Carroll', do not appear in UK military records. No credible evidence supports this disinformation, which appears to be part of a larger pattern amplified by aligned websites and political figures.

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Alleged deployer
russian-aligned-actors, eadaily, disinformation-spreaders, misinformation-spreaders
Alleged developer
unknown-ai-image-generator-developer
Alleged harmed parties
relations-between-the-united-kingdom-and-russia, media-integrity, general-public-of-ukraine, general-public-of-russia, epistemic-integrity, truth, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1168

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