Timeline of the Kosovo War
Appearance
Timeline of the Kosovo War. Abbreviations:
- Combatants
- KLA—Kosovo Liberation Army
- FARK—Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo
- VJ—Yugoslav Army
- NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Peace-keeping forces
- KFOR—Kosovo Force (NATO)
- Organizations
- ICTY—International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (UN)
- IICK—Independent International Commission on Kosovo
- KDOM—Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission
Background
[edit]1981
[edit]Date | Event |
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11 March | 1981 protests in Kosovo: Student protest starts at the University of Pristina |
1 April | Between 5,000 and 25,000 demonstrators of Albanian nationality call for SAP Kosovo to become a constituent republic inside Yugoslavia, as opposed to an autonomous province of Serbia. |
2 April | Presidency sends special forces to stop the demonstrations and declares a state of emergency in regards to Kosovo. State of emergency lasts 7 days.[1] |
3 April | End of demonstrations during which 9 people are killed and more than 250 injured.[2] |
1991-1992
[edit]Date | Event |
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30 December 1991 | Siege of Prekaz. Serbian police besiege the Jashari house but are forced to retreat from Prekaz.[3] |
1993-early 1998
[edit]Date | Event |
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May 1993 | 2 Serbian police officers were killed in an ambush by Albanians in the town of Drenas, Kosovo.[4] |
22 May 1993 | Glogovac attack. KLA victory. 5 yugoslav officers killed and 2 injured. |
21 April 1996 | Kosovo Albanian student Armend Daci was shot by a Serb civilian sniper in Sunny Hill, Prishtina. |
25 April 1996 | Three KLA members shoot in Restaurant Çakor in Deçan and kill three people. |
16 June 1996 | Police officer Goran Mitrović was seriously injured in an attack on a police patrol near Podujevo by the KLA.[5] |
17 June 1996 | In Sipolje, near Mitrovica, a police patrol was attacked by KLA members at around 23:55. Predrag Djordjevic (28) from Kruševac was killed and Zoran Vukocic (30) from Niš was injured.[5] |
27 October 1996 | A Serbian police inspector and a Serbian policeman were killed by the KLA in an ambush in the village of Surkish in Podujevo.[6] |
31 January 1997 | Pestovë Ambush. Serbian police victory. Serbian Police kill Zahir Pajaziti. |
26-28 November 1997 | Battle of Rezalla (1997). KLA victory. KLA Forces led by Adem Jashari push Yugoslav forces out of Ludoviq (New Rezalla) on 26 November. 2 days later, on 28 November the first public KLA appearance occurs.[7] |
January 1998 | Young armed men of Klina who were not a part of the KLA remove all Serb Police presence in Klina.[8] |
22 January 1998 | First attack on Prekaz. Albanians drive out Serbian forces out of the village and its surroundings.[9] |
Kosovo War
[edit]1998
[edit]- 28 February: Attacks on Likoshane and Çirez Yugoslav Victory
- 28 February: Serbian police killed 14 Albanians of the Ahmeti family.
- February 1998: Drenica ambush: Four Serbian police officers were killed in a KLA ambush near Drenica.[10]
- 5 March: 4 Yugoslav policemen killed in an attack on a police station by KLA in Prekaz.[3]
- 5–7 March: Attack on Prekaz. Yugoslav victory. 28 militants and 30 civilians killed by VJ.
- 7-10 March: Battle of Llapushnik KLA victory.
- 24 March: First Battle of Glodjane KLA victory.
- Late March–December: Llapusha-South Drenica Front
- 16 April–August: Battle of Baballoq[11]
- 23 April: Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes. Yugoslav victory. 18 militants killed by VJ.
- After the 26th of April: Liberation of Drenoc. KLA victory.[12]
- 3-6 May: Attacks in Ponoševac. KLA Victory[13]
- 8 May: Yugoslav Police attack a civilian van in Dečan. 1 civilian dead and 4 civilians injured.
- 11-12 May: 2nd battle of Drenoc. KLA victory.[12]
- 12-13 May: Battle of Gradish. KLA victory.[12]
- 12 May: Battle of Anadrina. KLA victory. Yugoslav forces retreat from Anadrinë[14][15]
- 15-17 May: Clashes in Iglarevo.[16]
- 25 May: Ambush near Ljubenić. KLA victory. 3 officers killed after the KLA attacked a vehicle near Ljubenić. Start of the Ljubenić massacre.[17]
- 25 May and 1 April: Ljubenić massacres.
- June–August: KLA Summer offensive (1998). Stalemate. KLA captures 40% of Kosovo. Yugoslav forces retake most eastern towns. 17 Yugoslav soldiers and police officers are killed. Unknown amount of KLA fighters killed.
- 1-3 June: Dečan operation Victory for the MUP and the JSO, clearing of most of southwestern Kosovo from KLA units.
- 2-3 June: Battle of Shaptej Victory for the Yugoslav Army, KLA forced to withdraw from Shaptej.[18][page needed]
- 9 June: Yugoslav Offensive on Albanian Border. Over 250 KLA weapons seized. Yugoslav Victory[19]
- 9-10 June: Battle of Qerim Yugoslav Victory.[18]
- 15 June: 2 Yugoslav policemen killed and 7 wounded in a KLA ambush.[20]
- 22 June–1 July: Battle of Belaćevac Mine. Yugoslav victory.
- 6 July: Lođa Ambush. KLA victory. 2 Yugoslav policemen killed.[21]
- 6 July–17 July: First Battle of Lođa. KLA victory.
- 13 July: Battle of Pantin. KLA victory after fierce fighting. One of the first battles of the Shala Operative Zone. After the battle, fleeing Albanian civilians make the KLA symbol for victory.[22]
- 16 July: First Battle of Vërrin. KLA victory. First battle of the war in the Prizren region.[23][24]
- 17–20 July Battle of Orahovac. Yugoslav victory.
- 18 July: Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes. Yugoslav victory.
- 19 July: Clashes around Orahovac.[25]
- 19 July: Yugoslav-Albanian Border Shelling. 30 Militants Killed. Yugoslav Victory[26]
- 25–26 July: KLA abandonment of the Lapušnik prison camp. 23 of 35 inmates killed by KLA.
- 25-28 July: Battle of Bllacë. Yugoslav Victory. KLA withdraws[27]
- 27 July: Offensive on Kijevo. Yugoslav Victory.[28]
- 27 July: Battles for Gornja and Donja Klina. Yugoslav Victory[29]
- 28 July: Battle of Đocaj and Jasić KLA Victory
- 28 July: Yugoslav Peć Offensive. Yugoslav Victory[30]
- 28 July–17 August: Battle of Junik. Yugoslav victory.
- 26 August: Battle of Gunovc and Komorec. KLA victory, 8 Yugoslav soldiers killed by the KLA.[31]
- 9 August: Opljaz clashes. KLA victory, 20 Yugoslav soldiers killed by the KLA.[32][33]
- 1-30 August: 17 Yugoslav policemen killed in attacks by KLA in the Drenica valley.
- 7 August: Battle of Morina. Yugoslav forces suffer heavy losses. KLA victory.[34]
- 10 August–17 August: Second Battle of Lođa. Yugoslav victory.
- 9-12 August: Clashes in Rznic-Babaloc. Yugoslav Victory.[35][36]
- 11–12 August: Second Battle of Glodjane Yugoslav victory.
- 15 August: Operation Eagle (Kosovo War). KLA victory. 6 Yugoslav troops killed in an ambush.
- 16-25 August: Yugoslav Counter Offensive on Malishevë Yugoslav Victory.[36]
- 22-25 August: Battle of Kleçka. Yugoslav victory. Yugoslav forces capture Kleçka and Luzhnica. 5-6 KLA militants killed. KLA general Ismet Jashari is killed.
- 1 September: Incident in Lez. 16 Militants killed. Serbian police victory.[37][38]
- 1-2 September: First battle of Ješkovo, KLA victory.
- 2-4 September: Attacks on Astrozub. KLA forced to surrender after the city is encircled. It is later retaken by KLA.
- 1-5 September: Second Battle of Vërrin. KLA victory.
- 9 September: Lake Radonjić massacre.
- September: Lake Radonjić Operation. MUP and JSO victory. Yugoslav troops capture Lake Radonjić.
- 9 September: Yugoslav September Offensive. Yugoslav Victory[39]
- 15 September: Gjeravica Attacks. KLA victory, 40 Yugoslav soldiers killed and 20 wounded.[40]
- 15-17 September: Battle of Kaçanoll. KLA victory. Yugoslav forces suffer heavy losses.[41]
- 25 September: Battle of Drënas Yugoslav victory, Yugoslav troops regain control over Drenica
- 25 September: Attack on the Likovac-Gornje Obrinje Road. KLA victory. 5 Yugoslav police officers killed.[42]
- 26 September: After more than a dozen Serb police are killed in fighting with the KLA.[43]
- 30 September: Operation Fenix. KLA victory.
- 26-29 September: Gornje Obrinje massacre.
- 28 September: Battle of Jezerc. KLA victory. Dozens of Yugoslav forces killed.[44]
- 3 December: Albanian–Yugoslav border clash. Yugoslav victory.
- 14 December: Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes. Yugoslav victory.
- 14 December: Panda Bar massacre.
- 23–27 December: Battle of Podujevo. Yugoslav victory.
- 24-27 December: Battle of Llapashtica. KLA victory.[45][46]
1999
[edit]- 8 and 10 January: Ambush near Ferizaj. KLA victory. 4 Yugoslav policemen killed.
- 8 January. Ambush near Suva reka. In an ambush by the KLA near stimlje, 4 police officers were killed and 1 wounded.[47][48][49][50]
- 8 January: Ambush near Kosovska mitrovica. The KLA ambushed a column of MUP vehicles near Kosovska Mitrovica, killing three soldiers and wounding many more. Eight VJ soldiers were captured.[51]
- 9 January: Battle of Perani. Yugoslav forces suffer heavy losses. KLA victory [52][53]
- 10 January. The KLA attacked a police patrol in Slivovo. One policeman was killed.[49]
- 16 January: Southern Kosovo Clashes. 15 Militants Killed. Yugoslav Victory[54]
- 20 January: Skirmishes near Kosovska Mitrovica. Yugoslav Victory.[18][55]
- 27–29 January: Battle of Rogovë. Yugoslav victory.
- Račak massacre.
- 28 February: Gajre Ambush (Kosovo War). KLA victory. MUP leader Bogoljub Staletović is killed and 4 others are injured.
- 1 March: Clashes in Orahovac. Yugoslav Victory. Civilians flee the area.[56]
- 11 March: Second battle of Ješkovo, Yugoslav victory.
- 15-16 March: Fighting in Podujevo; burning reported in the villages of Oshlane and Pantin.[57]
- 17 March: Battle of Kabash. KLA victory. KLA capture Kabash and Korisha.[58]
- 24 March-11 June: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, codenamed Operation Allied Force.
- 24 March-11 June: Operation Echo. Canadian/NATO victory.
- 24 March-9 June: Bombing of Novi Sad.
- March–June: Drenica massacres.
- 24 March: Yugoslav Offensive on Srbica. Yugoslav victory.[36][verification needed][59]
- 24 March: Attack on Lipjan. Yugoslav victory. Yugoslav forces kill Ismet Asllani.
- 25 March: Aircraft chase from Batajnica. NATO victory. 2 Yugoslav MiG-29's chase a NATO aircraft from Batajnica but are then attacked by 2 NATO F-15. Both MiG-29's are shot down.[60]
- 25 March: Bela Crkva massacre.
- 26 March: Suva Reka massacre.
- 25-28 March: Velika Kruša massacre.
- 27 March: F-117A shootdown by Yugoslav air force.
- 28 March: Battle of Pozhar,KLA victory [61]
- 28 March: Izbica massacre.
- 9 April-10 June 1999: Battle of Košare. KLA forces captured the border outpost of Košare between FR Yugoslavia and Albania, but were unable to make further advances.
- 12 April: Grdelica train bombing.
- 13 April: Albania–Yugoslav border incident. Status quo ante bellum. Albanian Army retakes control.
- 14 April: NATO bombing of Albanian refugees near Gjakova.
- 15 April: Battle of Zhegoc. KLA Victory. KLA brake the encirclement.[62][63]
- 17 April: Capture of Paklek. Yugoslav Victory.[64]
- 18 April: Battle of Pirana. KLA victory.[65]
- 18 April: Battle of Shkembi i Gradinës. Decisive KLA victory.[66]
- 18-19 April: Battle of Qafë Hajlë. KLA victory. Following a push by KLA soldier Besnik Lajçi, many Yugoslav forces are killed as the rest withdraw from Qafë Hajlë.[67]
- 18-23 April: Battle of Marec. KLA victory
- 21 April: Meja ambush. KLA victory. 6 policemen killed near Meja. Start of the Meja massacre.
- 23 April: NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters.
- 27-28 April: Meja massacre.
- April: Zllash torture. 6 civilians tortured and 1 civilian killed by KLA.
- April: Ambush near Vučitrn. KLA victory. 2 policemen killed.
- 1 May: Lužane bus bombing.
- 2-3 May: Vučitrn massacre.
- 7 May: United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
- 7 May: Battle of Çabrati.[68]
- 7-12 May: Cluster bombing of Niš.
- 12 May: Vneshte incident (1999). KLA victory. KLA attack a VJ transport vehicle, burning it with all of the soldiers inside
- 13 May: Koriša bombing.
- 14 May: Ćuška massacre.
- 17 May: Battle of Jabllanica. KLA suffers heavy losses, but wins the battle.[69]
- 18 May: Graštica Ambushes. KLA victory. 8-10 Yugoslav soldiers killed. Extensive amount of equipment captured.
- 19-20 May: 14 Yugoslav special forces killed in an ambush by KLA near Junik.
- 19-23 May: Dubrava Prison bombings and executions. 19-23 civilians killed by bombings and 79-82 civilians were executed
- 26 May: Tusus Ambush. KLA victory. 2 policemen killed on Tusus road by KLA.
- 26-29 May: Tusus massacre. Serbian police kills 27 Albanian civilians.[70]
- 26 May-3 June: Battle of Pashtrik. KLA forces capture Mount Paštrik, but are unable to make further advances.[71][72]
- 30 May: Varvarin bridge bombing. 10 Serbian civilians killed. 17 injured.
- 9 June: Kumanovo Agreement. End of the Kosovo War.
Aftermath
[edit]1999
[edit]- 10 June: Following the NATO bombing and end of the war, Yugoslav forces withdraw from Kosovo.[73]
- 11 June: Following the end of the war and departure of Yugoslav forces, KLA takes control of Prizren.[74]
- 1999: Operation Kinetic (1999). 1400 Canadian troops deployed in Kosovo.
- June–October: Gnjilane killings. 51 Serbian civilians are killed by the KLA Gjilan group.
- 12 June: Incident at Pristina airport. After a tense standoff an agreement is made between NATO and Russia as the incident ends peacefully.
- 12 June: Peja killings. 7 Albanian civilians are killed by Serbian forces.[75]
- 12 June: Start of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
- 13 June: Prizren incident (1999). KFOR victory. 2 Yugoslav army strangglers killed. KFOR troops secure Prizren.
- 20 June: KLA agrees to disband its forces after a meeting with NATO.[76]
- 23 June: Zhegër Incident (1999). American/KFOR victory. KFOR troops secure Zhegër. 3 serbian militants killed.
- July: Ugljare mass grave. 15 Serbian civilians killed.
- 23 July: Staro Gracko massacre. 14 Serbian farmers killed.
- 6 September: Ranilug incident. In an incident near the village of Ranilug, a Russian KFOR patrol shoots and kills 3 Serbian gunmen who attacked a carload of ethnic Albanians.[77]
2000
[edit]- 16 February: Start of the 2000 unrest in Kosovo.
- 16 February: 12 Serbs killed by Albanians that attacked a serbian bus.[78]
- 26 February: A prominent serb medical doctor was murdered in Gnjilane.
- 29 February: A Russian KFOR soldier was killed in Srbica.
- February: A UN bus transporting Serb refugees in Mitrovica was hit by an anti-tank missile, and a grenade was thrown into a Serb café the same month, resulting in rioting by Serb civilians. 8 people killed.[79]
- February: A Yugoslav police officer and physician were killed,and 3 officers and a physician were wounded in Kosovska Mitrovica.
- 15 March: FRY file a complain after 16 serbian civilians were injured by grenade attacks in North Mitrovica.
- 6 June: A grenade is thrown at a crowd of Serbians waiting for the bus in Gračanica. 3 civilians were injured.
- 6 June: End of the 2000 unrest in Kosovo.
- 28 October: 2000 Kosovan local elections.
2001
[edit]- 22 January: 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. Ohrid Agreement
- 16 February: Podujevo bus bombing. 12 Serbian civilians killed by Albanians.
- 1 June: End of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley. Končulj agreement.
- 17 Novemeber: 2001 Kosovan parliamentary election. Ibrahim Rugova is elected.
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Further reading
[edit]- Tim Judah (2002). Kosovo: War and Revenge. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09725-2.