| Title: | Video game falsely shared as ‘live footage’ of Ukraine conflict |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.323T3PA |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 1, 2022 |
| Description: | As Russia pressed on with its invasion of Ukraine, a video clip was viewed thousands of times in Facebook and YouTube posts that claimed it showed live footage of the fighting. In reality, the footage was taken from a combat video game called ARMA 3. |
Video game falsely shared as ‘live footage’ of Ukraine conflict
As Russia pressed on with its invasion of Ukraine, a video clip was viewed thousands of times in Facebook and YouTube posts that claimed it showed live footage of the fighting. In reality, the footage was taken from a combat video game called ARMA 3.
