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The Lipkovo crisis (Macedonian: Липковска криза, Albanian: Kriza e Likovës) was a crisis involving Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents from the National Liberation Army (NLA). [5] [6] [7] During the crisis, the NLA captured the Lipkovo dam, which caused a 12-day-long water crisis for the neighboring town of Kumanovo.
Lipkovo was a central strategic village during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia between the Albanian NLA and the Macedonian Army. The Lipkovo crisis took place here during the conflict, which was an NLA victory. Today, it has a dam which supplies water and electricity to the Kumanovo region.
Lipkovo crisis (6 June 2001) [1] Karpalak ambush (8 August 2001) [1] Kondovo Crisis (2004 and 2005) [2] Smilkovci Lake killings (12 April 2012) [3] Skopje government ...
Harun Aliu (Macedonian: Харун Алиу; 20 May 1971 – 12 May 2010), known as Commander Kushtrimi, was an Albanian commander and co-founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the Kosovo War and the National Liberation Army (NLA) during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, who later became a politician in Macedonia (now North Macedonia).
12–25 June 2001; Aračinovo crisis, ceasefire. [20] 20 June–13 August 2001; Battle of Raduša, ceasefire. 27 June–5 July 2001; Battle of Nikuštak, ceasefire. [21] 7 August 2001; 2001 Skopje police raid, MVR victory. 8 August 2001; Karpalak ambush, NLA and ANA victory. [22] 8–9 August; 2001 anti-Albanian protests
On 21 April 2015, a group of 40 armed men with UÇK insignia attacked a border police station located at Gošince. [3] The group tied the policemen and beat them, then stole their arms and communication devices; they stayed for a couple of hours, filming the event, and before they left for Kosovo, they issued this message through an interpreter:
The Battle of Vaksince was a military engagement between the Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA, which was at the time launching a campaign of guerrilla attacks against facilities of the Macedonian Government, the Macedonian Police force, and the Macedonian Armed Forces.
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