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Military operation during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation MH-2 (Macedonian: Операција МХ-2) was a military operation[3] in the Kumanovo-Lipkovo region during the insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.
Operation MH-2 | |||||||
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Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Macedonia | NLA | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Boris Trajkovski Ljubčo Georgievski Pande Petrovski Ljube Boškoski Risto Galevski |
Fadil Nimani Xhezair Shaqiri Jakup Asipi Nazmi Sulejmani Jetullah Qarri | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Macedonian Army Macedonian Police | 114th Brigade | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown number of soldiers 3 tanks 460 police officers | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 soldiers killed 1 captured[1] (later released)[2] |
Macedonian forces started to demine the fields at 8 a.m. and attacked with one mechanized battalion with support of artillery[4] villages: Slupčane, Ljubodrag, Lopate and Orizare.
At around 2 p.m., the operation was stopped by orders of Boris Trajkovski over the phone call to general Pande Petrovski.[5]
The Macedonian army claimed that 30 militants were killed.[6][7][8]
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