The Battle of Podujevo ( al, Beteja e Tabeve te Llapashticës) ( sr, Битка код Подујева, ''Bitka kod Podujeva'') was fought in the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...

between the Yugoslav Special Anti-Terrorist Unit and KLA insurgents in the village of Llapashtica e Epërme in the municipality of

Podujevo Podujevo ( sr-Cyrl, Подујево), Podujeva, or Besiana ( sq-definite, Podujevë or ''Besianë''), is a city and municipality in Kosovo's Pristina District. According to the 2011 census, the city of Podujeva has 23,453 inhabitants, while t ...

. These events started after the death of a policeman who was killed by KLA militants in the area.

Battle

The battle occurred between 23–27 December 1998. 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 The Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission (KDOM) was a group of independent observers sent to Kosovo during the Kosovo War. In a compromise agreement between Slobodan Milošević and Boris Yeltsin in June 1998, the FR Yugoslavian government agreed to ...

monitored a convoy of Yugoslav Army vehicles.

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Podujevo Kosovo Liberation Army December 1998 events in Europe