Battle of Vaksince

Battle of Vaksince
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date 3 May 2001 – 6 June 2001 Location Vaksince, Lipkovo, Macedonia Result NLA victory Territorial changes NLA captured Vaksince on 3 May 2001[2] Macedonian forces initially regained control over Vaksince on 26 May 2001[3][4] NLA recaptured parts of the village on 28 May,[5] and recaptured the village on 6 June[6]
Belligerents
Macedonia[1]	National Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Boris Trajkovski Ljubčo Georgievski Pande Petrovski Ljube Boškoski	Fadil Nimani †[7][8] Nazim Bushi[9] Naim Alili Nazmi Sulejmani Hajrulla Misini
Units involved
Macedonian Army  Macedonian Police Scorpions[10]	114th Brigade 113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari"
Strength
2 Mi-24 helicopters[11] 3 T-55 tanks[12]	50 militants[13]
Casualties and losses
2 killed[2] 4 wounded[14][15] 1 POW[2]	2 killed[16] 1 seriously wounded[17]
12,000 ethnic Albanian civilians displaced[18][4] 9,500 fled to Kosovo 2,500 fled to Serbia

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.^[19][20]