Battle of Podujevo
Battle of Podujevo | |||||||
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Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Yugoslavia[1] | Kosovo Liberation Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sreten Lukić | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
250 policemen 13 armored vehicles[3] | 25 militants[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 6 wounded[4] | 10 killed[5] |
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- Likošane and Ćirez
- Prekaz
Wartime events
- UNSCR 1160
- Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
- Lapušnik prison camp
- Belaćevac Mine
- Ljubenić mass graves
- Lođa
- 1st Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Klečka killings
- Orahovac
- Junik
- Lake Radonjić massacre
- Glodjane
- UNSCR 1199
- Gornje Obrinje massacre
- UNSCR 1203
- UNSCR 1207
- 2nd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- 3rd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Panda Bar massacre
- Podujevo
- Ambush near Suva Reka
- Račak massacre
- Allied Force
- F-117A shoot-down
- Novi Sad blitz
- Bela Crkva massacre
- Krusha massacres
- Suva Reka massacre
- Izbica massacre
- Drenica massacres
- 4th Albanian-Yugoslav border
- Battle of Košare
- Battle of Paštrik
- Grdelica
- Gjakova
- Meja ambush
- RTS headquarters
- Meja
- Yugoslav Ministry of Defence
- Lužane bus bombing
- Varvarin bridge bombing
- Vushtrri massacre
- Niš cluster bombing
- Chinese embassy
- Koriša bombing
- Ćuška massacre
Aftermath
Aspects
- War crimes
- Mass graves: Batajnica mass graves, Rudnica mass grave, Ugljare mass grave, Mališevo mass grave
- Destruction of heritage (Albanian · Serbian)
The Battle of Podujevo (Albanian: Beteja e Tabeve te Llapashticës; Serbian: Битка код Подујева, Bitka kod Podujeva) was fought in the Kosovo War between the Yugoslav Special Anti-Terrorist Unit and KLA insurgents in the village of Llapashtica e Epërme in the municipality of Podujevo. These events started after the death of a policeman who was killed by KLA militants in the area.[6]
Battle
The battle occurred between 23–27 December 1998.[citation needed] According to international monitors who contributed to Operation Eagle Eye, this battle shattered a ceasefire called on by foreign forces. At the conclusion of the fighting, the Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission monitored a convoy of Yugoslav Army vehicles.[2]
References
- ^ "Army Backers Of Milosevic On Kosovo Are Promoted". The New York Times. 27 December 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Daily Report; 28 Dec". reliefweb. 28 December 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Serbia: Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Daily Report ; 22 Dec. | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 22 December 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Kosovo Reported Quiet After 4 Days of Clashes". The New York Times. 29 December 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "22 vjet nga beteja e Tabeve të Llapashticës, betejë në të cilën ranë heroikisht 10 dëshmorë të Llapit". Llapi Info. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Europe: Serb policeman killed in Kosovo". BBC News. 21 December 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2012.