Its' funny to me how it seems to be more and more common for either news outlets or governments to either mistakenly or purposefully use game footage and try to pass it off as real life for propaganda purposes.
I remember a while ago that game footage from ARMA 3 was used by Russian news tying to pass it off as actual footage of the military. Or another instance when an Indian news outlet tried to use ARMA as well to pass it off as evidence of Pakistani forces aiding the Taliban.
Now more recently, another similar situation was when someone posted some footage of the DCS flight sim game to Twitter last week and tried to pass it off as evidence of the Ghost of Kyiv. They almost got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids, as DCS is quite possibly the most life-like flight sim ever made, both in visuals and mechanics. So I guess aside from making the news even less credible and trustworthy (but what else is new?), it's an excellent endorsement for the games.
Another good youtube channel I like, Growling Sidewinder has a good laugh at it in a recent video:
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