TL;DR: Footage claiming a Pakistan JF-17 Thunder jet was shot down by Indian Defence is actually gameplay from the military simulation game ARMA 3. Footage has been circulating online claiming ...

But the videos don't show the conflict in Ukraine, as independent fact-checking organizations have reported – they depict a video game called "Arma 3." As of Feb. 21, Russia had not invaded Ukraine.

The video shows gameplay footage from Arma 3, not Israel’s "Iron Beam" intercepting rockets amidst the Israel-Hamas war in 2023. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Arma 3 – both the developer and the game’s community have diligently tried to debunk any fake footage (Picture: Bohemia Interactive) If you’ve seen videos of the Israel-Hamas conflict ...

Arma 3 developer Bohemia Interactive has commented on the use of footage taken from its military shooter being used online to spread misinformation about Israel and Palestine. The studio has also ...

In a statement released on social media, the studio shared its guide to identifying 'fake news' videos, which it had originally published when Arma 3 was used to spread misinformation around the ...

A clip of downed helicopters taken from a computer game is circulating with the false claim that it shows authentic footage of Israeli helicopters shot down by Hamas forces. The clip circulated ...

Two Arma 3 clips, both with more than 3 million views, were posted to TikTok by an account that frequently posts clips from the game in a deceptive manner. One video, depicting a cluster of ...

The implied claim is false. The footage is from the video game "Arma 3." It does not show actual combat. While the activity description next to the Facebook user’s name makes clear the video is ...

Troops battle through burning streets. Missiles take down fighter jets. Drones pulverise tanks. The dramatic visuals have the trappings of real-life combat, but they are clips from video games ...

Footage from the war-themed Arma 3 video game, often marked "live" or "breaking news" to make it appear genuine, has been used repeatedly in recent months in fake videos about the Russian ...

Arma 3 has recently been used in propaganda videos in the Ukraine and Russia conflict and Bohemia Interactive has issued a demand for such fake videos to stop, even as it seeks copyright takedowns ...