Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
The Facebook pages "Kaçaniku 05" and "Bota e Lajmeve" published a video on April 12th showing several military vehicles.
Through this video, the aforementioned pages claim to be equipment for the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), placing the caption "The Kosovo Army is Strengthened."
After checking the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the vehicles seen in the video belong to the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany "Bundeswehr".
Link to the post published on Facebook by the pages "Kaçaniku 05" and "Bota e Lajmeve":
https://www.facebook.com/100063812732113/videos/1140950810439217/
Names and symbols were observed in the video footage, which, after verification through online search engines, resulted in belonging to the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, the "Bundeswehr".
One of the vehicles bears the designation "Feldjäger", which after investigation has been confirmed to belong to the German military police. (see here and here)
Photography 1Screenshot from the video published by the Facebook pages / Photography 2. Photo taken from the official website of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany "Bundeswehr"
Meanwhile, on another military vehicle, a symbol was observed. After verification through the automated program “InVID”, it was confirmed that the symbol belongs to the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany “Bundeswehr”. (see here and here)
Photography 1. Screenshot from the video published by the Facebook pages – Photography 2. Photo taken from the official website of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany “Bundeswehr”
In the announcements of the Ministry of Defense, which hibrid.info has researched, there is no news that confirms the claim of the aforementioned pages. (see here)
Hibrid.info has researched using the search engine "Google" on the latest information about the equipment of the KSF with military equipment, and has found the post of the Minister of Defense, Ejup Maqedonci, who on April 11 through his official Facebook account announced that they have received the next donation from the Federal Republic of Germany, military trucks from the company Rheinmetall MAN, worth 2.7 million euros. (here)
Analyze:
Several Facebook pages have published a video showing vehicles bearing the name and symbol of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany "Bundeswehr", falsely claiming that the vehicles are for the Kosovo Security Force.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses the claim of the pages "Kaçaniku 05" and "Bota e Lajmeve" as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.