Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted fake video as air battle
Widely circulated video game footage, fact-checked by Reuters as ‘miscaptioned’, appeared on the ministry’s verified account
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted fake video as air battle
The verified Twitter page of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry published video game footage on February 25 claiming to show a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down a Russian plane. On Saturday, Reuters fact-checked the widely shared fake video as ‘miscaptioned’.
The ministry’s tweet was still up at the time of publication. The 15-second video is accompanied by the caption, “What is this Ukrainian ace doing?” The Defense Ministry’s account describes it as a MiG-29 fighter jet destroying a Russian Su-35 jet with a missile.
https://www.rt.com/russia/550694-ukraine-defense-ministry-fake/
Widely circulated video game footage, fact-checked by Reuters as ‘miscaptioned’, appeared on the ministry’s verified account
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted fake video as air battle
The verified Twitter page of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry published video game footage on February 25 claiming to show a Ukrainian fighter jet shooting down a Russian plane. On Saturday, Reuters fact-checked the widely shared fake video as ‘miscaptioned’.
The ministry’s tweet was still up at the time of publication. The 15-second video is accompanied by the caption, “What is this Ukrainian ace doing?” The Defense Ministry’s account describes it as a MiG-29 fighter jet destroying a Russian Su-35 jet with a missile.
https://www.rt.com/russia/550694-ukraine-defense-ministry-fake/
RT
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted fake video as air battle
Ukrainian Defense Ministry footage of an air battle is a ‘miscaptioned’ video game clip fact-checked by Reuters