{"id":318919,"date":"2026-02-18T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-fake-news-reports-target-ukrainian-athletes-in-winter-olympics-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:00:35","slug":"fact-check-fake-news-reports-target-ukrainian-athletes-in-winter-olympics-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-fake-news-reports-target-ukrainian-athletes-in-winter-olympics-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Fake news reports target Ukrainian athletes in Winter Olympics | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Wimblrl1bOs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fact check: Fake news reports target Ukrainian athletes in Winter Olympics | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wimblrl1bOs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A series of fake videos pretend to be real news reports about Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics. 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They use AI generated voices and stolen footage to push pro Russian disinformation about Ukraine. #WinterOlympics, #Ukraine, #FakeNews, #DWFactcheck For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/ Follow DW on social media: \u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews \u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews \u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/ \u25baTwitter: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[132909,132439,129175],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-318919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-fake","tag-series","tag-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fact check: Fake news reports target Ukrainian athletes in Winter Olympics | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Fact check: Fake news reports target Ukrainian athletes in Winter Olympics | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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