Video made using CGI shared as 'Russia-Ukraine conflict' - Alt News
Kalim Ahmed
25th February 2022 / 4:37 pm / Last updated: 25th February 2022
Amidst the ongoing Russian military offensive in Ukraine, a 16-second-long video clip is widely being circulated on social media as visuals of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This video has been posted on Twitter with the hashtag #worldwar3.
It’s happening 💥💥#Ukraina #UkraineRussie #UkraineRussiaConflict #Russia #worldwar3 #الحرب_العالمية_الثالثة pic.twitter.com/oMCdF7w3bT
— ‏الز؏ـيم (@Boss_Shamy) February 24, 2022
Journalist Dheeraj Choudhary has also tweeted the video with the same hashtag.
between Ukraine – Russia. Remember It’s the innocent civilians who are suffering..💔#RussiaUkraineConflict #worldwar3 #Ukraine #Putin pic.twitter.com/zycLqmnbDa
— Dheeraj Choudhary मास्क पहने, भीड़भाड़ से बचे (@_dheerajrakho) February 24, 2022
We had a close look at the video and noticed a few anomalies that hinted the video was not genuine but computer-generated.
When we broke down the video into keyframes and ran one of the stills through Yandex reverse image search, it led us to a post on Instagram uploaded on October 4, 2021. This itself proves that the video is unrelated to the Ukraine crisis.
The comments on the video also suggest that it is computer-generated.
A post shared by IG.Airplane 🛫 (@ig.airplane)
As per Newschecker, the original creator of the video is Boris J.A., who is a 3D animator and has uploaded several similar videos on his Instagram. Boris’s YouTube channel has the same video uploaded with his watermark.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcBtiQ5C7eY]
Hence, a computer-generated video was shared as visuals from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc
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