{"id":1421651,"date":"2022-04-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421651"},"modified":"2022-04-06T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:00:02","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-su-25-jet-being-shot-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-su-25-jet-being-shot-down\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A SU-25 Jet Being Shot Down?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-a-su-25-jet-being-shot-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/hie8G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/107451628191239\/videos\/270820311764347\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1649161348822000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0NfkhZd0RpYNo6yuRy0wiR\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show a Su-25 aircraft being shot down by a Stinger anti-aircraft missile.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The footage comes from an open-world video game and does not depict real events.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claims to have shot down 143 Russian airplanes and 134 helicopters as of April 3, including a $36 million Sukhoi Su-34, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/watch-russian-fighter-bomber-jet-down-flames-1695201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>. Videos of various Russian aircraft being shot down over Ukraine have been shared by media outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FV4RGVH54vE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radio Free Europe<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/news\/video-2654245\/Video-Video-claims-Russian-aircraft-shot-Izyum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/03\/06\/russian-jet-chernihiv-ukraine-aircrew-parachute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two-minute Facebook video, which has over 2.5 million views, appears to show an aircraft performing maneuvers as a soldier fires a series of shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft missiles at the plane. One of the missiles hits the plane, causing it to fly away before apparently crashing in the distance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSu25 Airplane shot down by FIM92 Stinger Missile,\u201d reads the Facebook post\u2019s caption. The SU-25 is a single-seat, close-support military aircraft developed by the Russians, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/projects\/su25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">airforce-technology.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The footage does not depict real-world events. A reverse image search revealed the video actually shows gameplay from ARMA 3, a military-style video game published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bohemia.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bohemia Interactive<\/a>. The video was posted March 21 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8txLHRNn5ss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> by user \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4TbFzDZFUSzQninC8AT2VQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Several<\/a>.\u201d The video is titled \u201cSu-25 Airplane shot down by FIM-92 Stinger Missile \u2013 Military Simulation \u2013 ARMA 3.\u201d<br \/>[embedded content]\n<p>The Facebook video and the YouTube video share the same title, though the Facebook post removed a section of the title that identified it as simulation footage. The YouTube channel that originally posted the video has published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S63uQNetRYU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=feBEfE83Uf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">videos<\/a> depicting simulated combat in ARMA 3, including some featuring the same aircraft and weapons. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/24\/fact-check-russian-airplane-struck-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show A Russian Fighter Jet Being Shot Down In Ukraine?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Check Your Fact has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/23\/fact-check-helicopter-shot-down-kyiv-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/17\/fact-check-russia-helicopter-shot-down-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/15\/fact-check-russian-tanks-destroyed-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">videos<\/a> claiming to show Russian helicopters and other military equipment being destroyed by Ukrainian anti-air fire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook claims to show a Su-25 aircraft being shot down by a Stinger anti-aircraft missile.Verdict: False The footage comes from an open-world video game and does not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1421651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}