Operation MH-2 ( mk, Операција МХ-2) was the first major battle in the Kumanovo Karadak region during the
insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
The 2001 insurgency in Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) militant group, formed from veterans of the Kosovo War and Insurgency in the Preševo Valley, attacked Macedonian sec ...
.
Execution of the Operation MH - 2
Macedonian forces started to demine the fields at 8 a.m. and attacked with one mechanized battalion with support of artillery villages:
Slupčane
Slupčane ( mk, Слупчане, sq, Sllupçan) is the largest village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 19 ...
, Ljubodrag,
Lopate and
Orizare
Orizare ( bg, Оризаре) is a village in southeast Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans ...
.
Around 2 p.m. the operation was stopped by orders of Boris Trajkovski over the phone to general Pande Petrovski.
See also
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Operation Vaksince
Operation Vaksince was a military operation launched by the Macedonian security forces against Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA, which was at the time launching a campaign of guerrilla attacks against facilities of the Macedonian Govern ...
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Testimonies 2001
''Testimonies 2001'' (''Macedonian Cyrillic: Сведоштва 2001, Macedonian Latin: Svedoshtva 2001'') is a book written by Macedonian General Pande Petrovski in 2006.
Synopsis
The general explains the American role in the crisis through Mili ...
References
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2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Kumanovo Municipality
Lipkovo Municipality
2001 in the Republic of Macedonia
Battles in 2001