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 Epërme in the municipality of Podujevo. These events started after the death of a policeman who was killed by KLA militants in the area.

Battle of Podujevo
Part of the Kosovo War
Date23–27 December 1998
Location
Podujevo, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
Result

Ceasefire

  • Yugoslav offensives repelled
  • Yugoslav forces suffer heavy losses
  • KLA manages to keep the ZOLL headquarters under their control
Belligerents
 Yugoslavia Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Sreten Lukić Unknown
Units involved
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit Unknown
Strength
250 policemen
13 armored vehicles		 25 militants
Casualties and losses
Heavy losses
1 killed
6 wounded
1 tank destroyed		 10 killed
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