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The Kosovo War ( Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës, Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [56] [57] [58] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the ...
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999.
Kosovo War. The legitimacy under international law of the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been questioned. The UN Charter is the foundational legal document of the United Nations (UN) and is the cornerstone of the public international law governing the use of force between States. NATO members are also subject to the ...
27 March 1999. ( 1999-03-27) 8:15 p.m. Executed by. 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade, Army of Yugoslavia. Mass graves. On 27 March 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a Yugoslav Army unit (the 3rd Battalion of the 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade, which was under the leadership of Colonel Zoltán Dani) shot down an F-117 Nighthawk ...
Yugoslav victory. 28 February: Serbian police killed 14 Albanians of the Ahmeti family. 5 March: 4 Yugoslav policemen killed in an ambush by KLA in Prekaz. 5–7 March: Attack on Prekaz. Yugoslav victory. 28 militants and 30 civilians killed by VJ. 7-10 March: Battle of Llapushnik KLA victory.
Incident at Pristina airport. A confrontation between Russian forces and NATO forces over the Pristina International Airport occurred on 12 June 1999, in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. Russian troops occupied the airport ahead of a NATO deployment, resulting in a tense stand-off, which was resolved peacefully.
The Military Technical Agreement, also known as the Kumanovo Agreement, signed between the International Security Force ( KFOR) and the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia, was an accord concluded on 9 June 1999 in Kumanovo, Macedonia. It resulted in the end of the Kosovo War, [1] and established new ...
June 1999. Conflict in Southern Serbia between Albanian militants and Yugoslav security forces begins upon end of Kosovo conflict. December 1999. Franjo Tuđman dies. October 2000. Slobodan Milošević is voted out of office, and Vojislav Koštunica becomes new president of Yugoslavia. January - November 2001