Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Through a video material, it is claimed that the "Green Berets" of the US army have surrounded northern Kosovo and Ujmani, both from the ground and from the air.
The video with this claim was published on TikTok by the account "gazettajournal" on August 5.
The truth?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the video is old, made in 2018.
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the "gazettajournal" account:
After research conducted through the automated program “InVID”, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic video material published on “KlanKosova.tv”. This video is dated August 4, 2018. (see here)
At the time, KlanKosova reported that "United States soldiers had taken up positions along the road from Zubin Potok to the village of Gazivoda", where American KFOR members had been tasked with strictly monitoring Lake Ujman.
Analyze:
Through an old video, it was falsely claimed that the footage was current and that American soldiers had surrounded northern Kosovo and Lake Ujman, both from the ground and from the air.
Hibrid.info has confirmed that the video is from 2018, when American members of KFOR were tasked with monitoring Lake Ujman.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.