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Yugoslavian operation against Albanian Militants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Return was an operation carried by the FR Yugoslavia against the UÇPMB during the insurgency in the Preševo Valley. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Yugoslav forces and the annexation of the Demilitarized Zone on the Serb-Kosovar border.
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| Operation Return | |||||||||
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| Part of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley | |||||||||
A map of the Eastern part of the Ground Safetu Zone (UÇPMB-controlled territory peak up to the yellow line) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 UÇPMB |
 FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Muhamet Xhemajl  Ridvan Qazimi †[a] Shaqir Shaqiri Mustafa Shaqiri |
Ninoslav Krstić Goran Radosavljević Nebojša Čović | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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1,600 militants[1] |
3,500 personnel[2] 100 JSO members[3] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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300[4]–350[2] militants surrendered |
1+ armored carrier damaged[4] | ||||||||
After the Presevo valley conflict, low intensity skirmishes happened occasionally with the most recent one being in 2014 by a suspected Wahhabi member on the Serbian Gendarmery.
Those skirmishes eventually led to the Crisis in the Preševo valley.
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