Battle of Rogovo

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Battle of Rogovo
Part of the Kosovo War
District of Gjakova in Kosovo.svg
Date27-29 January 1999
Location
Rogovo
Result Yugoslav victory
Belligerents
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Emblema e UCK-se.svg Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg unknown Emblema e UCK-se.svg Agron Rama (WIA)
Units involved
Seal of the Yugoslav Army (1992-2003).svg Yugoslav Armed Forces
 • Politsija Srbije 1995 Znachka.jpg MUP 		Emblema e UCK-se.svg Kosovo Liberation Army
Strength
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg 50 police officers Emblema e UCK-se.svg around 30 soldiers
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 2 wounded police officer 19 soldiers killed (Yugoslav claim) [1]
3 soldiers killed (International monitors claim) [2]

The Battle of Rogovo was a military operation during the Kosovo War conducted by MUP against KLA on 29 January 1999 in Rogovo. It resulted in MUP victory.

Battle

On 28 January at 11:30 p.m., a large group of KLA soldiers encountered a police patrol near the village of Bistražin while crossing the Erenik river. In the exchange of fire, two police officers, Dragan Vukmanović and Goran Jović were wounded, and three KLA members were killed. After that, the police began searching for the terrorist group.

At 6:30 a.m. on 29 January, about a dozen police officers set out to Rugovo, on the Đakovica - Prizren road, to arrest KLA soldiers who had attacked the police the previous day. As they approached the house of Xhevdet Berisha, fire was opened, killing Predrag Raković (21). [3]  A clash ensued, in which the police eliminated the entire KLA group there. [4] The fighting resulted in the deaths of 19 KLA soldiers, [5] 1 killed and 2 wounded policemen MUP. [6] [7] [8]

After the conflict, the Serbian authorities invited observers from the verification mission, who had the opportunity to see what happened immediately after the conflict. Shortly after the conflict, a forensic group composed of Serbian and Belarusian forensic experts conducted an analysis of the bodies of the killed KLA soldiers. [9]

References

  1. ↑ https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eur/rpt_990129_kdom.html#:~:text=Today%2C%20however%2C%20we%20see%20reports,soldiers%20and%20one%20Serb%20policeman.
  2. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/265277.stm
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010602162535/http://www.wdr.de/online/news/kosovoluege/sendung_text.pdf Broadcast transcript: "Es began mit einer Lüge" (German, page 7 and 8.)
  4. ↑ urednik (2022-07-06). "Na početku bješe laž". Borba.me (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  5. ↑ https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eur/rpt_990129_kdom.html#:~:text=Today%2C%20however%2C%20we%20see%20reports,soldiers%20and%20one%20Serb%20policeman.
  6. ↑ Strübel, Michael (2013-03-09). Film und Krieg: Die Inszenierung von Politik zwischen Apologetik und Apokalypse (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 127–128. ISBN   978-3-322-95044-4.
  7. ↑ Ziegler, Clemens E. (2009). Kosovo-Krieg der Nato 1999 und Irak-Krieg 2003: Völkerrechtliche Untersuchung zum universellen Gewaltverbot und seinen Ausnahmen (in German). Peter Lang. p. 33. ISBN   978-3-631-58021-9.
  8. ↑ "Simbolika povratka Rudolfa Šarpinga na "mesto zločina" - Kosovo Online". www.kosovo-online.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  9. ↑ Hinsch, Wilfried; Janssen, Dieter (2006). Menschenrechte militärisch schützen: ein Plädoyer für humanitäre Interventionen (in German). C.H.Beck. p. 162. ISBN   978-3-406-54099-8.
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