The Russian Ministry of Defense published a video in which, allegedly, the Russian occupiers "destroy a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Allegedly, the video shows how “reactive infantry flamethrowers Shmil destroyed the following units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and prevented their breakthrough.”

In fact, the video shows the Russian military destroying sunflowers, writes Nastoyashchee Vriemia (the Current Time). According to the metadata, the video was recorded on July 31 and is called Zanyattya_1DShB_v2, which may indicate that army training was filmed. Obviously, this is a shooting exercise, this is indicated by the fact that the operator is calmly standing near the military.

Russian propaganda repeatedly ascribes victories to itself and films the staging of strikes on video. One such video shows a journalist instructing a military man when to start shooting in order to record a "bright" flash.