Fact Check: Not Ukrainian drones giving hell to Russian subs, this video is yet one more ‘Arma 3’ gameplay

Amid information of Ukraine and Russia agreeing to signal a deal to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports, whose blockade by the Russian navy had worsened international provide chain disruptions, a supposed scene of the battle has been making rounds on-line.

Per these sharing the video, it exhibits a Ukrainian drone strike on Russian naval troops. It exhibits marathon waves of air-to-sea strikes critically hitting quite a few harboured ships and submarines.

“This morning, Russian ships and submarines were sunk by the Bayraktar TB2 Drone,” one such put up from July 20 stated. The Bayraktar TB2 are Turkish-made drones which might be being utilized by Ukraine to fend off Russian troops.

AFWA’s investigation discovered that the declare was deceptive. The video shouldn’t be from the Russia-Ukraine battle in any respect — it’s from the favored online game “Arma 3”.

AFWA Probe

The visuals regarded just like the gameplay of “Arma 3”, a online game whose clips have usually been shared as actual visuals of recent conflicts. We discovered a map/radar choice partially seen on the fitting a part of the display. When cross-checked with “Arma-3” airborne mission gameplay movies obtainable on YouTube, all of them regarded very related. The icon used to point the plane’s place and the phrase “SENS” close to it additionally regarded the identical.

We then copied and ran the caption of the put up on the YouTube search bar and located the viral video uploaded with the identical claims to a channel referred to as ‘Xadarov’ on July 20.

The description field of the video, nonetheless, contained a disclaimer message that confirmed that the video was not actual. “THIS IS ONLY SIMULATION, NOT REAL LIFE! I make military simulations using the Arma 3 Simulator. Bohemia allows to make YouTube videos from their game and monetize it,” it learn.

The Facebook web page that shared the declare didn’t carry the same disclaimer. Neither did the web page point out something in regards to the sport. The profile claimed to be political.

Several occasions prior to now AFWA has debunked deceptive claims involving “Arma 3” visuals. Some of those may be learn right here, right here, and right here.

Were any Russian submarines hit?

We ran a complicated Google seek for reviews since July 20 about Ukrainian assaults on the Russian navy. But there was no main information on this other than a Bloomberg story on the Royal British navy having tracked Russian submarines within the North Sea.

Thus, we conclude that the video in query shouldn’t be a face-off between Ukrainian drones and Russian naval models as claimed. It is pre-recorded footage from the online game “Arma 3”.

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ClaimVideo footage exhibits how Ukraine used drones in a profitable air raid over a Russian fleet of submarines and ships.ConclusionThis is a recording from an “Arma 3” online game playthrough and never precise battle footage. There are not any latest reviews of Ukrainian airstrikes on the Russian navy.

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