Operation Return (2001)
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| Operation Return | |||||||||
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| Part of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley | |||||||||
 A map of the Eastern part of the Ground Safetu Zone (UÇPMB-controlled territory peak up to the yellow line) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 UÇPMB |
 FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Muhamet Xhemajl  Ridvan Qazimi †[a] Shaqir Shaqiri Mustafa Shaqiri |
Ninoslav Krstić Goran Radosavljević Nebojša Čović | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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1,600 militants[1] |
3,500 personnel[2] 100 JSO members[3] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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300[4]–350[2] militants surrendered |
1+ armored carrier damaged[4] | ||||||||
Operation Return was an operation carried by the FR Yugoslavia against the UÇPMB during the insurgency in the Preševo Valley. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Yugoslav forces and the annexation of the Demilitarized Zone on the Serb-Kosovar border.
Aftermath
[edit]After the Presevo valley conflict, low intensity skirmishes happened occasionally with the most recent one being in 2014 by a suspected Wahhabi member on the Serbian Gendarmery.
Those skirmishes eventually led to the Crisis in the Preševo valley.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Died in the Battle of Cerevajka.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kosovo rebels accept peace talks". BBC News. 7 February 2001. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
- ^ a b "The FRY Army conducts Operation Bravo (translated)". Russian service (in Russian). 2001-05-24. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "Da li je vreme za združene snage na jugu Srbije".
- ^ a b "Yugoslavia began sending security forces into the buffer zone at the border between Serbia and Kosovo (translated)". 1tv.ru (in Russian). 2001-05-24. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2024-05-16.