The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "news426media.com" has published today (October 14) an article titled "BREAKING NEWS/ Ukraine is not enough!! Russia threatens the Balkans with a nuclear attack: Our missile will not ask permission to fly over them".
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of the article is fabricated, as it described it as "breaking news", while the content contains old news published in June.
The content includes the statement made on June 5 by the head of the Russian Space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin, who at the time had openly threatened a nuclear attack by Russia against the Balkan countries (Montenegro, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Romania), after they did not allow the plane of the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov to violate their airspace to carry out his visit to Serbia.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "news426media.com":
This old article with a made-up title was shared today (October 14) on the Facebook social network by the page "KOHA E RE" which has nearly 7 thousand followers. (see here)
That this article is old is shown by the fact that it was distributed in several online media in Kosovo in real time (June 6). (see here and here)
After research conducted through online search engines and social networks, hibrid.info found the threatening statement made by the head of the Russian Space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin, on his personal Twitter account on June 5. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "news426media.com" has published an old news item from June, which it has tried to present as current by putting the sentence "BREAKING NEWS" in the title.
After fact-checking based on the work methodology, hibrid.info assesses 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.