[Timber Rattler]

And the pro-Kremlin brigade here lapped it up, just like the lies about her supposed Paris and New York "shopping sprees," and Zelensky buying two yachts and luxury properties in Florida, Israel, and Britain...all Russian lies.

More:

Zelenska didn’t buy a Bugatti hypercar for $4.8M

No, Volodomyr Zelensky's Wife Didn't Buy a Bugatti Tourbillion

A Bugatti hypercar for Olena Zelenska? Ukraine's First Lady falls victim to deepfake

The deepfake video shows an AI-generated man posing to be an employee of the Bugatti dealership in Paris who goes on to say that Olena was at a private presentation by Bugatti.

[Williams]

Glad to see some push back on the lies they peddle.

[Daveinyork]

The Putinjstas

[maddog55]

Yep..and the story was posted right here on FR.

[mewzilla]

The Beeb...

Okaaaay.

[Timber Rattler]

Corrected CyberNews link:

Zelenska didn’t buy a Bugatti hypercar for $4.8M

[Tell It Right]

The Drive By Media has been lying forever. AI might be a new tool they implement their lies with, but in the end it’s still the same ol’ same ol’. See tagline.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Gosh…like the Russia Collusion story that the DNC funded? Or the Russia Disinformation story that 51 intelligence experts were paid to swear by? I think I trust stories like by non-mainstream media more than BBC and CNN. Is Zelensky’s Italian Villa still getting good use?

[BeauBo]

Darth Putin, KGB, asks:

If Zelesnky is so corrupt, why can’t I just bribe him?

[JonPreston]

🚨🤣🇺🇦Zelesnky's wife Olena just spent 4.5 million euros of your tax payer money on a brand new Bugatti Turbillon (1 out of 250) in France.

💰An employee of the Bugatti dealership in Paris by the name of Jacques Bertin revealed that the Zelensky's made this purchase whilst visiting Paris on the 7th of June 2024.

At the beginning of June, the Zelensky family arrived with a Ukrainian delegation in France for the ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Apart from official visits, the Zelensky couple was present in other less public events.

According to Jacques Bertin, an employee of the Bugatti dealership in Paris, the manufacturer's representatives organized a special presentation of the new car two weeks before the public announcement, which took place on June 20. Olena Zelenska was impressed by the new car and placed an order, becoming the owner of the first of 250 cars planned for production. Jacques Bertin expressed his admiration for Olena Zelenska and said that he and Bugatti were very proud that Zelenska is part of the Bugatti family.

[Little Pig]

Frankly I don’t care much about whether this particular story of Ukrainian corruption is true or not.

I think the thing that bugs me the most about this is someone buying a car like that just because it’s expensive. I know that sort of thing goes on all the time, but it feels insulting that these things are bought like they’re display objects. Whoever actually bought one of the Tourbillons will almost certainly drive it very little, or maybe even keep it in a display garage somewhere. They will never ever come close to the true performance envelope of that car. They’ll replace the tires and wheels every few years as the maintenance schedule requires, but the tires will have almost no wear, and the wheels will not have any stress microfractures. The owner will have effectively no understanding of the true meaning behind the car having 1800 horsepower.

I will never have the resources to own any modern Bugatti, but I probably have a better understanding of the implications of the car than 90% of the actual owners. I feel the same way every time I see a Viper on the road (though as those cars age, they’re finally trickling down into the hands of people who can properly use them). The vast majority of Vipers were bought by people who did NOT understand what the car really was.

I apply this standard less for cars like Zondas and Lamborghinis (which I likely also will never own), because they are not at the same level of engineering as the Bugatti. I still think it’s silly to waste them on prowling through expensive areas of the city late at night at 25mph, but in the final analysis, those cars are at least as much about how they look as they are about what’s under the hood. But the Bugattis were built around that incredible goal of the 1000hp (and higher) engine, but they’re mostly bought by people who will never truly understand what they have.

Oh, and I completely understand that there’s not really many places outside of a track where you can truly appreciate that kind of power, but there are some, and there are plenty of “driver’s roads” where the rest of the car can shine, and that deep well of power is there to keep the car moving energetically.

[MeanWestTexan]

The ham handed propaganda from both sides is pathetic.

[bert]

Fake Americans tout Fake Ukranian news

[logi_cal869]

[larrytown]

A network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation that is increasingly targeting the US election

Say it ain't so!

[Widget Jr]

My thread I posted on this last night https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4248472/posts.

French documents not in proper French, badly done AI videos, and premade websites that have the instructions for pro-Russian propaganda on the templates.

Naturally, the other side will talk about anything other than how much of a poorly done fake this is.

Its going to be a fun day with this.

[Recovering_Democrat]

“While no hard evidence has emerged that these particular fake news websites are run by the Russian state, researchers say....”

Trust the experts.