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stated on May 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows helicopters in Ukraine “being picked off in ambush - Short range air-to-air missile”

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Ciara O'Rourke

By Ciara O'Rourke May 20, 2022

No, this isn’t real footage of downed helicopters during an ambush

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This is a clip from the Arma 3 video game.

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Amid the war in Ukraine, video game footage is being confused for actual combat. We’ve already debunked several claims that simulations from the game Arma 3 show fighting in Ukraine, where soldiers and civilians are defending against a Russian invasion.

A recent video shared on Facebook that’s described as showing "helicopters being picked off in ambush — short range air-to-air missile" is also from the game.

This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

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We found the footage on YouTube searching for the Facebook post description and "Arma 3."

stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X

A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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YouTube, Helicopters being picked off in ambush | Short range air-to-air missile in action | ARMA 3: Milsim, visited May 20, 2022

stated on March 26, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’”

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“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”

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Says U.S. Rep. Majorie Taylor Green wrote on X that she is “a product of incest.”

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stated on April 4, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows South African news outlet reporting Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “purchased a controlling stake” in a mine.

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stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’”

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stated on April 2, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“White hats to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election.”

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stated on March 30, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “Pope Francis, shaking the hand of the priest of the Church of Satan.”

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Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”

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“Caitlin Clark stuns the globe, rejects Elon Musk’s $15 million offer.”

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Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s family “must have just overlooked” “cashing her dead grandmother’s Social Security checks for a decade and a half.”

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Video shows “how Denmark reacted when Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland.”

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“Daughter of boxing legend, Muhammed Ali, Laila Ali, has lost her life while giving birth in a Canadian hospital.”

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Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”

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Photo shows a missing police officer in “extreme danger.”

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Images show damage from an “earthquake in Thailand.”

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stated on March 26, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’”

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stated on March 18, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”

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stated on March 26, 2025 in a Threads post:

Says U.S. Rep. Majorie Taylor Green wrote on X that she is “a product of incest.”

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stated on April 4, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows South African news outlet reporting Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “purchased a controlling stake” in a mine.

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stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’”

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stated on April 2, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“White hats to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election.”

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The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”

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“U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”

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Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview.

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The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag.

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stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol:

In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”

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The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial testimony revealed that former President Barack Obama was “caught in secret meetings with Diddy’s drug runner.”

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