Mykhailo Fedorov, vice prime minister of Ukraine and minister of digital transformation, confirmed that Ukraine was using facial recognition software to find the social media accounts of deceased Russian soldiers, allowing authorities to contact their friends and families. The aim is to dispel misinformation surrounding the war in the country, and specifically Russian claims that it is just a special operation with few losses, he wrote on his Telegram channel.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/24/1048268/the-download-ukraine-claims-its-using-facial-recognition-to-identify-dead-russian-soldiers/
Yeesh. A new tool in psychological warfare: snuff shots sent to family members. Russian media may not produce real coverage of their unjust war (and is only reporting 498 deaths so far) but you can bet that Ukraine informing families via social media of their missing lived ones will not be easily swept under the rug. NATO estimates “40,000 Russian troops killed, wounded, taken prisoner, or gone missing.”
Eric Frankl.in 