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A video shared on Facebook allegedly shows a Russian naval infantry battalion being destroyed in Kherson. Verdict: False The footage is from a military-based simulation game. Fact Check: Russia withdrew from Kherson City last week after a Ukrainian counteroffensive, according to NPR . Poland and NATO have claimed a recent missile strike that landed in a small village in Poland was the result of an air-defense missile launched from Ukraine, The Associated Press reported. The Facebook video, viewed more than 31,000 times, claims to show a Russian naval infantry battalion being destroyed in Kherson. The video shows a battle occurring between what is assumed to be a Ukrainian force and a Russian one. This claim, though, is false. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the video was posted to YouTube Nov. 9 with the same title. The Facebook video shows footage from ARMA 3 , a simulation-based video game published by Bohemia Interactive . DISCLAIMER: All videos on this channel are Arma 3 game simulation! They do not reflect reality and are the product of the author’s imagination! This channel is not for propaganda purposes! reads the video’s description. (RELATED: Does This Video Show ‘Hundreds’ Of Russian Military Vehicles Being Destroyed?) Russian marines of the Russian Pacific Fleet’s 155th Brigade did take heavy casualties during assaults on a town in the Donetsk Oblast, according to Meduza . The brigade’s commanders denied that they took heavy casualties, while the Russian Defense Ministry said the brigade’s losses did not exceed 1 percent of personnel, the outlet reported. Misinformation around the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not new. Check Your Fact recently debunked a video claiming to show hundreds of Russian vehicles being destroyed in a matter of minutes.
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