Battle of Podujevo

Battle of Podujevo
	Part of the Kosovo War
Date	23–27 December 1998
Location	Podujevo, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
Result	Ceasefire Yugoslav offensives repelled; KLA manages to keep the ZOLL headquarters under their control;
Belligerents
Yugoslavia	Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Sreten Lukić	Unknown
Units involved
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit	Unknown
Strength
250 policemen; 13 armored vehicles T-55 and M-84 tanks	25 militants
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 6 wounded; 1 M-84 destroyed	10 killed

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.^[9]

Battle[edit]

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.^[10]

References[edit]

^ "Army Backers Of Milosevic On Kosovo Are Promoted". The New York Times. 27 December 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b "22 vjet nga beteja e Tabeve të Llapashticës, betejë në të cilën ranë heroikisht 10 dëshmorë të Llapit". llapi.info. 24 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Serbia: Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Daily Report ; 22 Dec. | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 22 December 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ https://www.shutterstock.com/de/editorial/image-editorial/near-podujevo-kosovo-yugoslavia-crew-serbian-t-55-8348555b
^ https://www.shutterstock.com/de/editorial/image-editorial/near-podujevo-kosovo-yugoslavia-russian-made-t-55-8350822b
^ "Kosovo Reported Quiet After 4 Days of Clashes". The New York Times. 29 December 1998.
^ "The life of Albanian patriot Isa Arif Havolli (1943-1990)". balkanacademia.com. 13 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Daily Report; 28 Dec". reliefweb. 28 December 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[1] "Army Backers Of Milosevic On Kosovo Are Promoted". The New York Times. 27 December 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

[llapi-2] "22 vjet nga beteja e Tabeve të Llapashticës, betejë në të cilën ranë heroikisht 10 dëshmorë të Llapit". llapi.info. 24 December 2020.

[reliefweb22dec-3] "Serbia: Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Daily Report ; 22 Dec. | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 22 December 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[4] ttps://www.shutterstock.com/de/editorial/image-editorial/near-podujevo-kosovo-yugoslavia-crew-serbian-t-55-8348555b

[5] ttps://www.shutterstock.com/de/editorial/image-editorial/near-podujevo-kosovo-yugoslavia-russian-made-t-55-8350822b

[6] "Kosovo Reported Quiet After 4 Days of Clashes". The New York Times. 29 December 1998.

[7] "The life of Albanian patriot Isa Arif Havolli (1943-1990)". balkanacademia.com. 13 January 2024.

[8] "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.

[bbc-9] "Europe: Serb policeman killed in Kosovo". BBC News. 21 December 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[reliefweb28dec-10] "Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Daily Report; 28 Dec". reliefweb. 28 December 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

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