Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video of a television news report has been published, showing the news item with the title "SERBI ARMY ENTERS KOSOVO".
This content was published yesterday (August 9) on TikTok by the account named "ntvtelevisión", which is the account of the television "NTV Televizión".
Did the Serbian army enter Kosovo?
After verification, hibrid.info has learned that this chronicle informs about the meeting between the commander of the NATO mission in Kosovo, KFOR, Ozkan Ulutas, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, Milan Mojsilović, in Belgrade.
What does it mean that the title of this news does not contain the topic of the chronicle read and presented in this video material (see here).
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the "ntvtelevisión" account:
The news transcribed from the video material:
NATO Force Commander in Kosovo, Ozkan Ulutash met on Wednesday The Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, Milan Mojsilović, was announced by KFOR in a press release, while the main topic of discussions was the security situation.
Major General Ulutas and General Mojsilovic shared views on the overall security situation and the impact on regional stability, as well as on cooperation activities. They reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to maintaining open communication and dialogue.
The meeting between the Turkish KFOR commander and the Serbian army chief came at a time when the Kosovo authorities have taken several actions in the northern part of Kosovo, inhabited by a Serb majority, including the initiative to open the bridge over the Ibar River in Mitrovica. Despite the fact that the situation in the northern part is calmer after the events of last year, tension is still perceived, tension due to the large number of unresolved issues in the dialogue for the normalization of Kosovo-Serbia relations with the mediation of the European Union (EU).
Hibrid.info has researched and found the press release issued (August 7) by the Serbian Armed Forces, announcing the meeting between KFOR Commander Ozkan Ulutas and Serbian General Milan Mojsilovic (see here).
The meeting was also reported on by media outlets such as Radio Free Europe (REL), "Deutsche Welle" and "Telegrafi.com", whose articles were also found by hibrid.info (see here, here and here).
Meanwhile, hibrid.info has also conducted research on the claim of the Serbian army entering Kosovo, but has not found anything confirmed (see here).
Analyze:
The claim, through a video, that the Serbian army has entered Kosovo is incorrect.
The headline of the news, where the claim is made, does not match the content reported in this video material.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation" and "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
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