The information spread in Telegram channels that the military commissariats of the Russian regions should call up 15 thousand people each is fake. The orders of supposedly military commissariats are fakes made with the help of AI, videos with governors were also generated.
They allegedly published documents of orders of the military commissariat of the Tomsk region and Khabarovsk Territory, which stated that it was necessary to strengthen measures for the conscription of those liable for military service in the period from October 1 to October 31. In addition, the publications posted an alleged appeal from the governors of the Tomsk region and the Kaliningrad region Vladimir Mazur and Alexei Besprozvannykh on this issue. Responding to public doubts, officials called the figures of 15 thousand people minimal and completely justified.
Reports about the upcoming strengthening of mobilization measures are a provocation designed to sow discontent. The orders of supposedly military commissariats are fakes made with the help of AI. No such documents were officially published. The authors of the fakes used identical photographs of a stack of papers on a table, where the title page talks about the plans of the commissariats, while only the details were changed, in particular the indication of territories. Among other things, it is worth keeping in mind that the structure of conscription is regulated by federal legislation and decrees of the country's president, and not by regional plans for a specific military registration and enlistment office. Besides, the number of 15,000 sounds fantastic. In the above-mentioned regions, there is a limited number of military registration and enlistment offices, and the total number of conscripts in the region does not make it possible to talk about such figures in such a short time.
The video with Mazur was artificially generated, based on real footage of the governor thanking residents for participating in the elections. “Thank you to everyone who supported the President’s course, the course for the development of the country and the region, and supported the team of the Tomsk region,” he said. The press secretary of the governor of the Kaliningrad region, Mariam Bashkirova, also drew attention to a fake video generated using AI, in which the governor of Besprozvannykh is credited with saying that these indicators are “moderate” in comparison with other regions of the country. In the fake video, one immediately notices the official’s unnatural speech, as well as the discrepancy between words and facial expressions.
The authorities have repeatedly emphasized the lack of need for mobilization. President Vladimir Putin noted that Russia has “no problems” with the number of participants in the SVO. “There is no scenario today that would require mobilization,” he assured at the WEF plenary session. “This is an information attack by the enemy on the eve of the State Duma elections with an attempt to influence the result.”
Russian media denied reports of large-scale mobilization in a number of regions - TASS, Vedomosti, Tsargrad, Ura.ru.
