| Title: | Video game footage falsely shared as live video of Ukraine crisis |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324A9UU |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 4, 2022 |
| Description: | Several supposedly ‘live’ videos featuring firepower hitting buildings and shooting planes out of the nighttime sky have been shared on Facebook in South Africa with claims that they show Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, this is false: these hours-long videos actually show a military simulation video game called Arma 3. |
Video game footage falsely shared as live video of Ukraine crisis
Several supposedly 'live' videos featuring firepower hitting buildings and shooting planes out of the nighttime sky have been shared on Facebook in South Africa with claims that they show Russia's invasion of Ukraine. However, this is false: these hours-long videos actually show a military simulation video game called Arma 3.
