Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Through several posts on Facebook, it was claimed that three drones Bayraktar and the drone Kizilelma, will be added to the Kosovo Security Force (KSF).
These posts were published on Facebook (August 12, 13) by the pages "DARDANIA ARMY" and "Dardania Today".
What did hibrid.info find?
After conducting online research, hibrid.info has not found any information published in credible sources that claims to supply the KSF with this type of equipment.
Links to posts published on Facebook by the pages "DARDANIA ARMY" and "Dardania Today":
https://archive.ph/YQ7Oa#selection-1347.0-1347.77
Regarding the claim about supplying the KSF with three more Bayraktar drones by the end of the year, hibrid.info has researched and confirmed that there is no published information that proves such a thing.
Based on online findings, it is now known that in July 2023, Kosovo received several Bayraktar drones, after signing an agreement with the Turkish manufacturer. (see here and here).
Meanwhile, the other claim that the Kizilelma unmanned aerial vehicle is ready for the KSF is also unfounded in any fact.
While researching this claim, hibrid.info found a Facebook status on the official account of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti (June 3), who announced his visit to the Turkish defense and aviation industry company, “Baykar”. He said that he had seen up close the prototype of this company’s unmanned combat aircraft, named Kizilelma. (see here)
While in a direct question regarding the purchase of these flyers, published on the Facebook page of the Albanian-language content portal, “Raporto24.com” (June 4), Prime Minister Kurti did not confirm the reaching of any agreement for the purchase of these flyers and added that any developments regarding this issue could be discussed later (see here).
Analyze:
The claims that the KSF will be supplied with the Kizilelma unmanned aerial vehicle and three other Bayraktar drones by the end of the year are not based on any facts and do not possess any credible source.
Hibrid.info, after online research, has not found any information published in credible sources that proves these claims.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates these claims as "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are considered to be informational content that contains a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event or person, presenting it as part or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). The characteristic of these contents is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any reliable evidence.