The account named "qiyameti2024" published a video yesterday (July 11) claiming the entry of 600 members of the Russian mercenary group "Wagner" into Kosovo in early July.
Hibrid.info has confirmed that the published claim is unfounded.
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the account "qiyameti2024":
Hibrid.info had previously published an article on the presence of the Russian mercenary group "Wagner" in Kosovo (see here).
Hibrid.info had managed to prove that the suspicions about the presence of the "Wagner" group in Kosovo are not based on facts and that they lack confirmation from official institutions.
Also, through research through search engines, hibrid.info has found an article by the media outlet "Gazeta Express", dated July 03, taken from Bosnian media, which talks about the possibility of the arrival of Russian mercenaries of "Wagner" in Serbia, as a cause of Kosovo, which shows that even further the presence of mercenaries of this group in the Balkans, more precisely in our country, is still not proven (see here).
As for the footage shown in the video, hibrid.info has not been able to find any data that proves the location of what is seen in the video. Hibrid.info has found the same video published more recently on June 02, which does not match the claim that members of this group entered in July (see here).
Analyze:
Based on the verification of the facts, it has been proven that the claim about the presence and entry of members of the Russian mercenary group "Wagner" during the month of July in Kosovo is unfounded.
The claim is based on an old video published in June and is not supported by facts or sources from official institutions.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.