A TikTok account named "7s.02" has published (January 14) a video showing footage of a military aircraft.
The video caption claims that Kosovo will be equipped with F-16 fighter jets by Turkey (see here).
Hibrid.info has researched the claim, but has found no supporting evidence.
Link to the video material published by the "7s.02" account on TikTok:
After checking the facts, hibrid.info found the article from last night's interview (January 17) with the Minister of the KSF, Ejup Maqedonci, who mentioned the countries with which negotiations are underway on the weapons purchases that Kosovo is expected to make, without disclosing details, citing military confidentiality (see here).
Excerpts from Minister Macedonci's statements:
"No weapons system is purchased outside the plan we have. The acceleration of the last purchase was due to the budget we have from the Government of Kosovo, but also with additional budget, and this has accelerated the purchase. There is also accelerated training. We are not doing anything outside the plan we have for the development of the Kosovo Force. Not everything is known to the public because every army has confidentiality," said Maqedonci.
The Macedonian also said that "Kosovo makes purchases for armaments from NATO countries, such as Germany, Italy, Croatia, Turkey."
"We are also discussing with other countries besides the US about purchasing weapons," said the Macedonian.
The latest confirmed and published news regarding the purchase of weapons by Kosovo is the acceptance of Kosovo's request to purchase "Javelin" anti-tank missile systems from the United States of America (see here).
While using the automated search program InVid, it was found that the footage published in the video material on TikTok was taken from a clip published in 2018 by the Turkish Armed Forces, which showed the readiness of Turkish pilots in case of alarm (see here).
Analyze:
A TikTok account has published a video claiming that Kosovo will be equipped with F-16 fighter jets from Turkey.
After verification by hibrid.info, no sources were found that confirm the claim.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
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