The dubious portal "gazetaz.com" has published an article titled "American General Tremble Serbia and Russia!: The Russian Army's Foot Will Never Set Foot in Kosovo!".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title of this article is false, which also does not correspond to the content.
The content contains old news, published on March 23, 2017, at a time when the commander of the US Army in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti, during the debate in the Armed Forces Council in the US Senate, had said that a greater NATO presence in Kosovo is necessary due to Russia's engagement in the Balkans.
"We should not reduce the size of our force, especially the Kosovo Security Force, because it is a pillar of stability at the moment, but we need a stronger diplomatic effort towards our alliance there (Kosovo)," Scaparrotti had said.
So, the news is old, while the claim that the American general said that "the foot of the Russian army will never set foot in Kosovo" is untrue.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "gazetaz.com":
This article with a false title was also shared on Facebook by the page "Specialja", which has nearly 90 thousand followers. (see here)
After researching through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the article published in real time (March 23, 2017) on the “Lajmi.net” portal (see here).
Analyze:
The dubious portal "gazetaz.com" has published an old article from 2017, when the commander of the US Army in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti, said that a greater NATO presence in Kosovo is necessary due to Russia's engagement in the Balkans.
But this dubious portal has tried to present this article as current, giving it a false title with the claim that Scaparrotti said that "the foot of the Russian Army will never set foot in Kosovo."
Based on its work methodology, 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.