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 | Kadri Kastrati | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
250 policemen 13+ armored vehicles[5] T-55 and M-84 tanks[citation needed] | 25 militants[5] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1 killed 6 wounded[6] | 10 killed[7] |
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.[8]
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