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The Prizren Incident was a confrontation between German Kosovo Force (KFOR) troops advancing into Kosovo and stragglers from the withdrawing Yugoslav Army. The shootout took place in the city of Prizren, on 13 June 1999. The German troops killed one armed Serb on the spot, while another one died of wounds later.
The Kosovo War (Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës; Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian ...
The first battle of Vërrin was fought on July 16, 1998. [8] During the period from September 1 to 5, 1998, Yugoslav Milicija units conducted an operation against the KLA . As part of this action, KLA positions located near Prizren , in the villages of Lezë, Jeshkovë, Kushtendillë, Lybeçevë, and Hoçë e Qytetit were attacked.
The Battle of Pashtrik (Serbian Cyrillic: Битка на Паштрику, romanized: Bitka na Paštriku, Albanian: Beteja e Pashtrikut) was a two-week confrontation between the KLA with NATO's support against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, during the Kosovo War. The official goal of the KLA was to seize the border between Albania ...
The incident at the Pristina airport was a military confrontation between the forces of Russia and NATO on 12 June 1999, following the end of the Kosovo War.Russian troops unexpectedly occupied the airport ahead of a planned NATO deployment, creating a tense stand-off.
Pages in category "Military operations of the Kosovo War" ... (April 1999) Albanian-Yugoslav border conflict (1998-1999) ... Battle of Đocaj and Jasić ...
The Ambush near Kosovska Mitrovica (Serbian: Zaseda kod Kosovske Mitrovice; Albanian: Prita afër Mitrovicës) was an incident that occurred on 8 January 1999, when members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed a Yugoslav Interior Ministry convoy carrying rations to troops stationed in a field near Kosovska Mitrovica.
On April 18, 1999, Serbian forces launched an offensive against the KLA-held Marec Highlands. Taking advantage of the foul weather conditions, the Serbian forces aimed to remove the KLA from the region and encircle their brigades. The Serbian forces attacked from multiple directions, resulting in bloody battles throughout the area.