Ukrainian public broadcaster recreates fallen sound engineer's voice with AI for children's fairy tale

Dmytro Hornov, a former sound engineer at Suspilne Chernihiv who was killed in action on June 21, 2025, has narrated a children's fairy tale posthumously — thanks to artificial intelligence.

Source: @suspilnechernihiv

The editorial team at Suspilne Chernihiv has released a children's audio fairy tale titled "Myshka Oryshka" — a story about a little mouse who receives a mirror as a birthday gift and becomes so captivated by her own reflection that she forgets about her true friends. The tale carries a message about the value of friendship and the importance of real human connection. The narrator is Dmytro Hornov, a former sound engineer at Suspilne Chernihiv who died on June 21, 2025, during the Russian-Ukrainian war. His voice was reconstructed using artificial intelligence tools based on audio recordings he made during his lifetime. The fairy tale was written by Yuliia Razumova, a digital specialist at Suspilne Chernihiv. The project serves at once as a creative work for children and as a tribute to a man whose voice now lives on in the recordings.