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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 ...
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or the UÇK) has also been implicated in atrocities, such as kidnappings and summary executions of civilians. Moreover, the NATO bombing campaign has been harshly criticized by human rights organizations and the Serbian government for causing roughly 500 civilian casualties.
Between 278 and 317 of the deaths, nearly 60 percent of the total number, were in Kosovo. In Serbia, 201 civilians were killed (five in Vojvodina) and eight died in Montenegro. Almost two-thirds (303 to 352) of the total registered civilian deaths occurred in twelve incidents where ten or more civilian deaths were confirmed. Military casualties
Pages in category "Civilian casualties in the Kosovo War". The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Civilian casualties during Operation Allied Force.
Yugoslav government estimated that no fewer than 1,200 civilians and up to 2,500 civilians were killed and 5,000 wounded as a result of NATO airstrikes. From the beginning of Operation Allied Force, NATO pledged to minimise civilian casualties. Consideration of civilian casualties was incorporated into NATO's planning and targeting process.
Deaths Perpetrator Victims Description Rugova massacre: 16 February 1919 Rugova: 842 Army of Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Albanian civilians : Mitrovica killings 1919-1921 Mitrovica: 1,330 Army of Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Albanian civilians Peja killings 1919-1921 Peja: 1,563 Army of Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Albanian civilians Prizren killings 1919-1921
8 May: Yugoslav Police attack a civilian van in Dečan. 1 civilian dead and 4 civilians injured. 25 May and 1 April: Ljubenić massacres. 1-3 June: Dečan operation Victory for the MUP and the JSO,clearing of most of southwestern Kosovo from KLA units.
The Grdelica train bombing occurred on 12 April 1999, when two missiles fired by a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle fighter bomber hit a passenger train while it was passing across a railway bridge over the Južna Morava river in the Grdelica gorge, some 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of Belgrade, Serbia. At least 20 civilian passengers were killed or ...