Dečan operation
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The Dečan operation was an operation when Serbian Special Police Units and the Special Operations Unit were against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in early June 1998. The plan of the operation was to eliminate the Albanian militants to gain wider space for the Dečan municipality in the southwestern part of Kosovo, which had been held by the KLA between April and May 1998. The KLA attacked the police and civilians affecting the local population. Due to the complete blockade of this area and the impossibility of the normal functioning of daily life activities, the security forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia carried out an unblocking operation during which the KLA units were overwhelmed and forced to retreat.[citation needed]
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Unblocking of Dečan | |||||||
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Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kosovo Liberation Army | FR Yugoslavia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ramuš Haradinaj | unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
unknown | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | 500 soldiers and policemen | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
12-40 militants killed |
1 policeman killed 5 policemen wounded[2] | ||||||
65,000 Albanians were temporarily displaced[3] |
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