Some of the Ukrainian war images, which received many shares and likes, were taken from the game called ArmA. We shouldn’t believe everything we see.
After the war started by Russia two days ago, posts started to appear on many social media platforms. All that we come across Ukrainian war footage does not reflect reality. As always, there are scenes taken from the game ArmA III among these images that appear for manipulation purposes.
Some Ukrainian war footage is taken from games
The Ukrainian war footage, which was shared with the title “Ukraine is firing missiles to cut off the artillery fire of Russian planes”, received thousands of shares and likes after it was posted on Twitter. The video was soon published on other sharing platforms. It was removed in a short time by Facebook, who noticed the situation first. The video, which was subsequently removed on other platforms, still reached millions.
You can find images of a similar video below.
Kotaku, who downloaded the shared image before the video sharing post was taken down, shared these images on its site. If you want to watch here you can click.
These Ukrainian war footage, which looks extremely realistic, shows how serious the real face of the war is, even if it is a game.
This is one of the most important examples of how the developing video game industry and technologies can also be used for malicious purposes. Of course, we cannot discuss the legitimacy or correctness of war. It is sad for all of us, especially when civilians are harmed.