Video posts with tens of thousands of views on YouTube and Facebook falsely claim that "Indonesian and Russian missiles have destroyed the northern Australian city of Darwin". There is no evidence this incident ever happened and AFP has previously debunked similar misinformation about a purported armed conflict involving Indonesia and Australia. The video featured in the false posts show unrelated clips that have circulated in reports about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a fire in the Russian capital Moscow and a military exercise in Lithuania.

"Thousands of flying missiles!! Attack from the Indonesian military and Russia has successfully destroyed the heart of the Australian city," claims this post on YouTube here on December 24, 2022.

The eight-minute 14-second video shows at least three distinct clips: footage of what appears to a huge fireball in the sky, an explosion and clips of soldiers during a military exercise.

At the six-second mark, a female-voice narrator can be heard saying: "The war is heating up. The Indonesian Military troops have been ordered to attack Australia from all directions."

The narrator is heard again at the one-minute 20-second mark saying: "Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has started to order the Indonesian troops to attack Australia from all directions, on Friday, December 23, 2022.

"Prabowo said his party had launched missiles at the military target in Australia and would plan to attack from all directions, after accusing...

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