The dubious Albanian-language portal "news426media.com" has published an article titled "Grave footage of soldiers killed in Ukrainian city published".
Hibrid.info has verified the facts in this article and found that it was taken from the portal "Sinjali.com", which was published on March 4.
However, this dubious portal has placed an illustrative photograph in this article, which is not of the killed soldiers as claimed in the title.
After research conducted by hibrid.info, this photo has been circulating since February 20, 2022, but it does not represent the news. This photo shows more than 100 Russian recruits from the Taman division, who have been standing for 5 days on the floor of the semi-abandoned railway station in Dolbion, 21 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Link to the article published on "news426media.com":
This dubious portal took this article from "Sinjali.com", which then added an inappropriate photo. (see here)
Hibrid.info has found the authentic article published on March 20, 2022 by the Association for Promoting the Protection of the Rights of Military Personnel and Conscripts in Russia (ACSM), which reported on these conscripts. (see here)
Excerpt from the article published by ACSM, translated into Albanian:
Residents of the village of Veselaia Lopan contacted the hotline of the Association for the Protection of the Rights of Servicemen and Conscripts – “Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers” (abbreviated as ACSM). They reported that at the railway station of the Dolbino station, which is near their village, there is a large number of servicemen – contract soldiers (recruits), (more than 100 people) from the Taman and Kantemirovskaya divisions. The guys have been living there for 5 days, eating with their own money.
The online media outlet "The Guardian" also reported on this incident involving Russian recruits. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "news526media.com" published an article dated March 4 regarding the deaths of several Russian soldiers.
However, this article has been accompanied by an inappropriate photo that has been circulating since February 20, 2022 and does not relate to killed soldiers. It shows more than 100 Russian recruits from the Taman division, who have been lying on the floor of the semi-abandoned railway station in Dolbion, 21 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, for 5 days.
From fact-checking analysis, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.