A fake frontline map update cost over $1.3 million – and no territory actually changed.
An unauthorized edit to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Ukraine war map briefly showed Myrnohrad as captured. That was enough for a betting platform to pay out massive sums before the update vanished.
Days later, ISW admitted the edit was false, and the analyst behind it was removed.
No battlefield gains – just real financial losses.
In this episode of Break The Fake, Benjamin Lee exposes how easily war can be manipulated for profit.
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