Video shows game footage, not a plane being shot at in Ukraine
The developers of Arma 3 confirmed that the footage came from a modified version of their game. Read
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Conflict
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Map of Russian nuclear targets in UK dates back to the Cold War
A map being shared on social media suggests potential sites of Russian nuclear strikes across the UK, but the original estimates are now 50 years old, and don't give any reliable indication of the sit Read
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Pornhub isn’t blocked in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine
This is a rumour that may have begun on Twitter. The site appears to be working normally for users in Russia. Read
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Beirut port explosion footage being mistaken as Ukraine
Video apparently taken from a street in Beirut of the 2020 explosion is being shared as though it was filmed in Ukraine. Read
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CNN did not claim the same man was killed in both Ukraine and Afghanistan
The report came from fake CNN Twitter accounts which have now been suspended. The photo used appears to be of a YouTuber, who is alive. Read
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Video shows explosion at air base, not Ukraine’s main airport
The video actually shows the Melitopol air base. Read
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Images of girl confronting soldier are not from Ukraine
They come from a video that says it shows children in Palestine, which was published online in 2012. Read
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Europe
BBC Breakfast uses old footage of Russian parade rehearsal to show invasion of Ukraine
The clip of military planes is one of a number of misleading videos which have circulated online following the invasion. Read
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CGI WW2 video being used as Ukraine footage
The video first appeared on TikTok in 2021. Read
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Video of 2015 explosion in China being mislabelled as Ukraine
A video recorded by an American man of a warehouse exploding has been wrongly claimed to show Russian airstrikes in Ukraine. Read
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