The dubious portal with Albanian-language content "cmd.trendliveg24.com" has published an article titled "What's happening? Serbia is sending additional troops to the border with Kosovo (VIEW)".
From research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info found the same article published on March 25 in several online media outlets in Kosovo.
These media outlets in this article have quoted the Spanish media outlet "The Political Room" (here) which supports this news with a video, in which the Serbian army column is seen parading along a highway.
However, this claim by this Spanish media outlet that Serbian Armed Forces units have been deployed to the Kosovo border is based solely on this video.
The link to the article published on the suspicious portal "cmd.trendliveg24.com" can be found here.
You can find the article published on March 25 in several online media in Kosovo. here, here and here.
This Spanish media outlet posted this video on its official Twitter account with the caption: "Additional units of the Serbian Armed Forces have been moved to the border with Kosovo."
This claim by “The Political Room” may be true, but it cannot be taken for granted based on this video alone. In this post, apart from the video content and the post itself, no additional data on authenticity is provided. So no details are given about the author, the time of publication, or the context.
Link to The Political Room's Twitter post:
During the verification of this video, it is seen that its author has raised three fingers, which symbolizes the Serbian nationalist sign. While in this video material the name “Emmezeta”, which is a shopping center in Serbia, also stands out. (see here)
From the research conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that this company (Emmezeta) has several branches in Serbia, in cities such as Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Čačak. (see here)
Hibrid.info has verified the details in the video and, based on the roundabout seen in this material, it has been confirmed that it was carried out in the city of Çaçak near the “Emmezeta” shopping center. (see here)
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Analyze:
The suspicious portal published a news story dated March 25 claiming that Serbia is sending additional troops to the border with Kosovo.
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that this article was also published in several online media outlets in Kosovo, which cited a post by the Spanish media outlet "The Political Room", and a description claiming that the video shows Serbian army units heading towards the border with Kosovo.
Hibrid.info has verified this video and in the details presented in it, the name "Emmezeta" is noted, which is a shopping center in Serbia, which has its outlets in several cities.
During a search through "Google Maps", it was found that the video was shot near this shopping center in the city of Çaçak.
This claim by this Spanish media outlet may be true, but the facts seen in the video do not support it. Added to this is the fact that the city of Çaçak is not located near the border with Kosovo.
Based on hibrid.info's methodology, this claim is rated as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.