The online media outlet from Great Britain, "Shephardmedia.com", yesterday (January 25) published an article claiming that the Kosovo Security Force is expected to be equipped with 40 surveillance and filming aircraft from the US.
"Shephard Defense Insight estimates that Kosovo has ordered 40 units in total, based on an estimated cost per unit of $215,000," says the article published on "Shephardmedia.com".
However, this claim raised by this medium has been rejected by the Chief of Strategic Communications at the Ministry of Defense, Sefer Isufi, who last night (January 25) on the "Special Edition" show on Klan Kosova said that there are not 40 drones that were purchased from the US, but 4 of them.
Link to the article published on "Shephardmedia.com":
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/kosovo-awaits-puma-le/
"Today we were surprised by the information that has been distributed in some of our media, although it is incorrect information, in the number of drones mentioned of 40 pieces, we are talking about the project to purchase four drones proposed by Minister Mehaj and approved by the government seven months ago," Jesus said. (see here)
This claim raised by "Shephardmedia.com" has also been published translated into Albanian by several portals in Kosovo. (see here, here and here)
Hibrid.info has researched the British portal “Shephardmedia.com” and found that it operates in Great Britain, more precisely in London. (see here)
Also in the "Contact" section, there is the contact number of this medium, which has the prefix +44, and a search on "Google.com" shows that this prefix is for Great Britain. (see here)
Analyze:
The UK-based portal "Shephardmedia.com" has claimed that the Kosovo Security Force is expected to be equipped with 40 surveillance and filming aircraft from the US.
However, this was denied by the Chief of Strategic Communications at the Ministry of Defense, Sefer Isufi, who said that there were not 40 aircraft that were purchased from the US, but 4 of them.
Based on its work methodology, Hibrid.info assesses the article published by "Shephardmedia.com" 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.