| Title: | Post shows video game footage, not the war in Ukraine |
| URL: | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/06/viral-image/post-shows-video-game-footage-not-war-ukraine/ |
| Publisher: | PolitiFact |
| Date published: | July 6, 2022 |
| Description: | What’s being described as footage of the war in Ukraine is seen through a scope, with faint chatter in the background and the blast of weapons obliterating tanks on the ground. “In Saturday Russian artillery tanks was completely destroyed by Bayraktar TB2 drones,” reads a grammatically problematic July 3 Facebook post sharing the video. But if you watch long enough, the clip is clearly glitchy and the aesthetics might seem familiar ‘ we’ve previously fact-checked videos like it that mischaracterize video game footage to make it seem like it’s a recording of live combat in Eastern Europe. Searching for the video’s description online, we found a YouTube post that gives more context, informing the reader that this isn’t real war footage. We rate claims that this is real war footage False. |
Post shows video game footage, not the war in Ukraine
What's being described as footage of the war in Ukraine is seen through a scope, with faint chatter in the background and the blast of weapons obliterating tanks on the ground.
"In Saturday Russian artillery tanks was completely destroyed by Bayraktar TB2 drones," reads a grammatically problematic July 3 Facebook post sharing the video.
But if you watch long enough, the clip is clearly glitchy and the aesthetics might seem familiar ' we've previously fact-checked videos like it that mischaracterize video game footage to make it seem like it's a recording of live combat in Eastern Europe.
Searching for the video's description online, we found a YouTube post that gives more context, informing the reader that this isn't real war footage. We rate claims that this is real war footage False.
