Timeline of the Kosovo War

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

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### 1981

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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

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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

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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

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### 1998

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* 28 February: Likoshan ambush. KLA victory. 4 Yugoslav soldiers killed.[10]
* 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.[11]
* 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[12]
* 23 April: Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes. Yugoslav victory. 18 militants killed by VJ.
* After the 26th of April: Liberation of Drenoc. KLA victory.[13]
* 3-6 May: Attacks in Ponoševac. KLA Victory[14]
* 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.[13]
* 12-13 May: Battle of Gradish. KLA victory.[13]
* 12 May: Battle of Anadrina. KLA victory. Yugoslav forces retreat from Anadrinë[15][16]
* 15-17 May: Clashes in Iglarevo.[17]
* 25 May: Ambush near Ljubenić. KLA victory. 3 officers killed after the KLA attacked a vehicle near Ljubenić. Start of the Ljubenić massacre.[18]
* 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.[19][page needed]
* 9 June: Yugoslav Offensive on Albanian Border. Over 250 KLA weapons seized. Yugoslav Victory[20]
* 9-10 June: Battle of Qerim Yugoslav Victory.[19]
* 15 June: 2 Yugoslav policemen killed and 7 wounded in a KLA ambush.[21]
* 22 June–1 July: Battle of Belaćevac Mine. Yugoslav victory.
* 6 July: Lođa Ambush. KLA victory. 2 Yugoslav policemen killed.[22]
* 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.[23]
* 16 July: First Battle of Vërrin. KLA victory. First battle of the war in the Prizren region.[24][25]
* 17–20 July Battle of Orahovac. Yugoslav victory.
* 18 July: Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes. Yugoslav victory.
* 19 July: Clashes around Orahovac.[26]
* 19 July: Yugoslav-Albanian Border Shelling. 30 Militants Killed. Yugoslav Victory[27]
* 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[28]
* 27 July: Offensive on Kijevo. Yugoslav Victory.[29]
* 27 July: Battles for Gornja and Donja Klina. Yugoslav Victory[30]
* 28 July: Battle of Đocaj and Jasić KLA Victory
* 28 July: Yugoslav Peć Offensive. Yugoslav Victory[31]
* 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.[32]
* 9 August: Opljaz clashes. KLA victory, 20 Yugoslav soldiers killed by the KLA.[33][34]
* 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.[35]
* 10 August–17 August: Second Battle of Lođa. Yugoslav victory.
* 9-12 August: Clashes in Rznic-Babaloc. Yugoslav Victory.[36][37]
* 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.[37]
* 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.[38][39]
* 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[40]
* 15 September: Gjeravica Attacks. KLA victory, 40 Yugoslav soldiers killed and 20 wounded.[41]
* 15-17 September: Battle of Kaçanoll. KLA victory. Yugoslav forces suffer heavy losses.[42]
* 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.[43]
* 26 September: After more than a dozen Serb police are killed in fighting with the KLA.[44]
* 30 September: Operation Fenix. KLA victory.
* 26-29 September: Gornje Obrinje massacre.
* 28 September: Battle of Jezerc. KLA victory. Dozens of Yugoslav forces killed.[45]
* 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.[46][47]

### 1999

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* 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.[48][49][50][51]
* 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.[52]
* 9 January: Battle of Perani. Yugoslav forces suffer heavy losses. KLA victory [53][54]
* 10 January. The KLA attacked a police patrol in Slivovo. One policeman was killed.[50]
* 16 January: Southern Kosovo Clashes. 15 Militants Killed. Yugoslav Victory[55]
* 20 January: Skirmishes near Kosovska Mitrovica. Yugoslav Victory.[19][56]
* 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.[57]
* 11 March: Second battle of Ješkovo, Yugoslav victory.
* 15-16 March: Fighting in Podujevo; burning reported in the villages of Oshlane and Pantin.[58]
* 17 March: Battle of Kabash. KLA victory. KLA capture Kabash and Korisha.[59]
* 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.[37][verification needed][60]
* 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.[61]
* 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 [62]
* 28 March: Izbica massacre.
* 8 April: Ambush near Peć. KLA victory. 1 soldier killed and one Jeep destroyed.[63]
* 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.[64][65]
* 17 April: Capture of Paklek. Yugoslav Victory.[66]
* 18 April: Battle of Pirana. KLA victory.[67]
* 18 April: Battle of Shkembi i Gradinës. Decisive KLA victory.[68]
* 18-19 April: Battle of Hajla Pass. KLA victory. Following a push by KLA soldier Besnik Lajçi, many Yugoslav forces are killed as the rest withdraw from Hajla.[69]
* 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.[70]
* 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.[71]
* 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.[72]
* 26 May-3 June: Battle of Pashtrik. KLA forces capture Mount Paštrik, but are unable to make further advances.[73][74]
* 30 May: Varvarin bridge bombing. 10 Serbian civilians killed. 17 injured.
* 9 June: Kumanovo Agreement. End of the Kosovo War.

## Aftermath

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### 1999

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* 10 June: Following the NATO bombing and end of the war, Yugoslav forces withdraw from Kosovo.[75]
* 11 June: Following the end of the war and departure of Yugoslav forces, KLA takes control of Prizren.[76]
* 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.[77]
* 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.[78]
* 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.[79]

### 2000

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* 16 February: Start of the 2000 unrest in Kosovo.
* 16 February: 12 Serbs killed by Albanians that attacked a serbian bus.[80]
* 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.[81]
* 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

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* 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

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* Tim Judah (2002). Kosovo: War and Revenge. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09725-2.