Moldova’s Ministry of Defence has reported the circulation of a fabricated video on social media, which is believed to be connected to this year’s international military exercises, Fire Shield.

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The Moldovan defence ministry said the video shared on Telegram shows participants in the exercises supposedly shooting at targets depicting Russian soldiers. The ministry emphasised that this video was created using artificial intelligence and supplemented with archive footage from other exercises.

“These videos have no connection to this year’s exercises. The aircraft, parachute jumps, terrain of the training grounds and other video elements also do not reflect the reality of the Fire Shield 2025 exercises. The purpose of such videos is to sow fear, undermine trust in state institutions and destabilise society,” a statement reads.

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  • toofpic@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Even as a Russian: why not?

    1. Those are images
    2. Those are images of combatants
    3. Right now, Moldova has a zero chance of being invaded in multicam-clothed nato soldiers, but a non-zero chance of meeting Russians