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The device in the video is not a weapon, but a pressure tank

FESTIM RIZANAJ

The Facebook page with content in Albanian, "Support for Erdogan from Presheva", published a video on October 16 showing a pressure tanker passing through the Bosphorus Strait.

Through this video material and an inscription in Turkish, the aforementioned page claims that an unidentified weapon, manufactured by Turkey, is shown.

After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that the device seen in the published video material is not a weapon.


Link to the video material published on Facebook by the page "Support for Erdogan from Presheva":

https://www.facebook.com/SupportforErdoganfromPresheva/videos/343192611435164/


After searching online, hibrid.info managed to find the same video material published in Turkish media on September 28, 2023. (here, here)

According to information published by Turkish media, it is a pressure tanker manufactured in Turkey, which was being transported by the Russian ship OLLAN through the Bosphorus Strait to the port of Rostov in Russia.


Analyze:

After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the page "Support for Erdogan from Presheva" has published a video claiming to show an unidentified weapon manufactured by Turkey.

After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has found that it is not a weapon, but a pressure tanker.

Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this claim to be "unverified content".


Rating:

The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.

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