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] |
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]
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]