Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Claims are published that Kosovo has obtained military aircraft from Turkey.
The claim was published (October 28) by a image, where several airplanes appear, on a TikTok account named "fskrenarijone".
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Hibrid.info's findings show that the claim that Kosovo has secured the planes from Turkey is incorrect.
A search using the automated search program, "InVID", shows that this photograph shows fighter jets, F-16 (see here).
Hibrid.info has previously addressed the claim about supplying Kosovo with this type of aircraft (see here).
Through a Google search, hibrid.info found a material showing the countries that use the F-16, a list that includes Turkey, but does not include Kosovo (see here).
Further research has found that Kosovo has purchased Bayraktar drones (July 16, 2023) and Vuran military vehicles (July 9, 2021) from Turkey (see here and here).
Hibrid.info has also researched the website and Facebook page of the Ministry of Defense, but has not found any official announcements indicating that Kosovo has obtained these aircraft from Turkey (see here and here).
Analyze:
The claim that Kosovo has obtained fighter jets from Turkey is incorrect.
Kosovo is not among the countries that use F-16 fighter jets (as shown in the image of the treated content) and there is no official institutional announcement about this claim.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content 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.