Battle of Podujevo

The Battle of Podujevo (Albanian: Beteja e Tabeve te Llapashticës) (Serbian: Битка код Подујева, Bitka kod Podujeva) was fought in the Kosovo War between the Yugoslav Special Anti-Terrorist Unit and KLA insurgents in the village of Llapashtica e Epërm in the municipality of Podujevo. These events started after the death of a policeman who was killed by KLA militants in the area.[4]

Battle of Podujevo
Part of the Kosovo War
Date23–27 December 1998
Location
Podujevo, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
Result Yugoslav victory
Belligerents
 Yugoslavia[1] Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Sreten Lukić Unknown
Units involved
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit Unknown
Strength
250 policemen
13 armored vehicles[2]		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed
6 wounded[3]		 16 killed[3]

Battle

The battle occurred between 23–27 December 1998.[4] According to international monitors who contributed to Operation Eagle Eye, this battle shattered a ceasefire called on by foreign forces.[4] At the conclusion of the fighting, the Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission monitored a convoy of Yugoslav Army vehicles.[2]

gollark: Because there are four possible input values.
gollark: OR is 0111, AND is 0001, XOR is 0110.
gollark: Right, yes, there are four different inputs (0 and 0, 0 and 1, 1 and 0, 1 and 1) and each gate has a single output for each input pair.
gollark: You can describe them as a 4-bit string IIRC.
gollark: There are something like... 16 stateless deterministic two-input binary logic gates, and maybe 81 or so ternary equivalents.

References
  1. "Army Backers Of Milosevic On Kosovo Are Promoted". The New York Times. 27 December 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. "Serbia: Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Daily Report ; 22 Dec. | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 22 December 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. "Kosovo Reported Quiet After 4 Days of Clashes". The New York Times. 29 December 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. "Europe | Serb policeman killed in Kosovo". BBC News. 21 December 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

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