Several news portals published an article yesterday (August 16) titled "The North still in crisis, KFOR is getting ready...".
The article concerns a KFOR media release, which announces the increased movement of troops and vehicles of these forces within the territory of Kosovo.
But hibrid.info, after verifying the facts, has confirmed that these KFOR movements have nothing to do with the alleged justification of the title of these articles, which implies that KFOR's actions are related to the situation in the north.
Link to the article published on the portals "tesheshi.com" and "kercova.net":
After research, hibrid.info managed to find the KFOR announcement dated August 16, which indicates the reasons for the increased movement of troops and vehicles of this military mission in Kosovo (see here).
KFOR press release:
"In the coming days, there will be an increase in the movement of KFOR troops and vehicles within Kosovo, due to normal contingent handover procedures.
Exercises will also be conducted to test and maintain operational capabilities in order to ensure the same level of preparation and readiness for all units in the field.
While these exercises will be conducted in a manner that minimizes disruption and impact to the local population, it is possible that there will be traffic congestion and soldier movements will be observed.
"For this reason, KFOR advises all drivers to be especially attentive if they are near military vehicle convoys."
The KFOR announcement states that the reasons for these movements are normal procedures for receiving and handing over contingents as well as due to exercises.
The KFOR announcement also warns of traffic congestion due to increased troop and vehicle movements, and appeals to drivers to be careful if they are in the presence of military columns, which proves the inconsistency of these KFOR actions with the situation in the north.
Hibrid.info has also found articles from other Albanian-language media explaining the announcement of the NATO mission in Kosovo (see here and here).
Analyze:
Several news portals have published an article in the title of which it is claimed that the increased movements of KFOR troops and vehicles within Kosovo are related to the situation in the north of the country.
But hibrid.info has verified and found that the reasons for these actions have to do with the usual procedures for handing over contingents, which are not in correlation with what is happening in northern Kosovo.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
The “Clickbait” rating is given to texts whose titles have no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is intended only to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.