bellingcat - The Russian Ministry of Defence Publishes Screenshots of Computer Games as Evidence of US Collusion with ISIS - bellingcat
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Description
# Description
This Bellingcat investigative article exposes how Russia's Ministry of Defence falsely claimed to have evidence of US-ISIS collusion in November 2017, but the images they published were actually screenshots from a mobile phone video game (AC-130 Gunship Simulator) and recycled footage from Iraqi airstrikes in 2016. The article documents how online investigators quickly identified and debunked the fabricated "evidence," highlighting a pattern of the Russian MoD distributing disproven or manipulated media.