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Battle of Paštrik
1999 military operation during the Kosovo War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Paštrik[lower-alpha 1] was a two-week confrontation between the KLA with NATO's support against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, during the Kosovo War. The official goal of the KLA was to seize the border between Albania and Kosovo, and eliminate the Yugoslav units there. The offensive was codenamed "Operation Arrow" by the KLA.[11]
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![]() Mount Paštrik view from Prizren | |||||||
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![]() one artillery battalion one armored battalion air defense companies (reinforcements added during the battle)[6] | ||||||
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![]() NATO claims: 32 artillery pieces, 9 armored personal carriers, 6 armored vehicles, 4 other military vehicles, 8 mortar positions and one SA6 surface to air missile[10] | ||||||
KLA fighters managed to seize Mount Paštrik, its northern slopes and the village of Milaj, on the northern bank of the White Drin by the end of May.[12] In spite of heavy NATO air support, which included the use of USAF B-52 bombers, the Yugoslav Army held the line on the White Drin, where they build temporary bridges to maintain their supply lines open, supported by heavy mortars and artillery. The KLA took over the villages of Planeja, Bucare and Ljumbarda and a stretch of the border area northwest of Prizren,[13][14] but was unable to make further gains by the time of the Kumanovo Agreement on 9 June,[15] which resulted in Yugoslav troops withdrawing from Kosovo.