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Operation Return (2001)

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Operation Return
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)
Date14 March 2001 – 1 June 2001
Location
Result

Končulj Agreement

Territorial
changes
FR Yugoslavia regains control of demilitarized Ground Safety Zone
Belligerents
UÇPMB  FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Muhamet Xhemajl Surrendered
Ridvan Qazimi [a]
Shaqir Shaqiri Surrendered
Mustafa Shaqiri Surrendered
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ninoslav Krstić
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Radosavljević
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Čović
Strength
1,600 militants[1] Serbia and Montenegro 3,500 personnel[2]
Logo of the JSO 100 JSO members[3]
Casualties and losses
300[4]–350[2] militants surrendered Serbia and Montenegro 1+ armored carrier damaged[4]

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.

Aftermath

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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.

Notes

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  1. ^ Died in the Battle of Cerevajka.

References

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  1. ^ "Kosovo rebels accept peace talks". BBC News. 7 February 2001. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b "The FRY Army conducts Operation Bravo (translated)". Russian service (in Russian). 2001-05-24. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  3. ^ "Da li je vreme za združene snage na jugu Srbije".
  4. ^ a b "Yugoslavia began sending security forces into the buffer zone at the border between Serbia and Kosovo (translated)". 1tv.ru (in Russian). 2001-05-24. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2024-05-16.