Several Facebook pages have published a post with an image showing a tank that is claimed to belong to the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF).
However, after research and fact-checking, hibrid.info found that the images were taken from the official KSF Facebook page under the name "Kosovo Security Force".
Hibrid.info has confirmed that this is not a tank-based equipment for the KSF. The images show footage from the annual "AUSA 2023" Conference and Fair in the United States of America (USA), which was attended by the Chief of Staff of the KSF General Staff, Brigadier General Ilir Qeriqi.
Links to posts published on Facebook by the pages "Diaspora with Albin" and "FSK Kosovo Security Force":
After researching using search engines, hibrid.info found the post made on October 13, from the official KSF Facebook page. (see here)
In the images attached to this post published on Facebook by the Kosovo Security Force, images published by the aforementioned pages were also found.
The images show footage from the participation of Ilir Qeriqi, Chief of Staff of the KSF General Staff, at the annual "AUSA 2023" Conference and Fair in the USA.
Facebook pages have taken the images and published them with the claim that the KSF will be equipped with tanks.
Analyze:
Several Facebook pages have published images claiming that the KSF will be equipped with tanks.
Hibrid.info has found that the images show footage of a visit to a fair in the US, of the Chief of Staff of the KSF General Staff and have nothing to do with what has been claimed.
Therefore, based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the publication 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.