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The Battle of Dobrosin was a conflict between police of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) during the 2000-2001 insurgency in the Preševo Valley. On 4 March, the UÇPMB numbering 500 insurgents attacked and captured the strategic village of Dobrosin.
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In 1992–1993, ethnic Albanians created the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which started attacking police forces and secret-service officials who abused Albanian civilians in 1995. Starting in 1998, the KLA was involved in frontal battle, with increasing numbers of Yugoslav security forces. Escalating tensions led to the Kosovo Warin February 1998.
After the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, a three-mile "Ground Safety Zone" (GSZ) was established between Kosovo (governed by the UN) and inner Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslav Forces (VJ) units were not permitted there, and only the lightly armed Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairsforces were left in the area. The exclusion zone included the predom...
With the signing of the Končulj Agreement in May 2001, the former KLA and UÇPMB fighters next moved to western Macedonia where they established the NLA, which fought against the Macedonian government in 2001. Ali Ahmeti organized the NLA from former KLA and UÇPMB fighters from Kosovo, Albanian insurgents from the UÇPMB in Serbia, young Albanian rad...
The UÇPMB was organized into five brigades, each with their own commanders: 1. 111th Brigade, commanded by Sami Haziju 2. 112th Brigade, commanded by Ridvan Qazimi 3. 113th Brigade, commanded by Bardhyl Osmani 4. 114th Brigade, commanded by Muhamet Xhemajli 5. 115th Brigade, commanded by Njazi Azemi
Ridvan Qazimi †(third commander)Njazi Azemi †(commander)In Serbia, Albanian gunmen go silently to work, The Independent, 2 March 2000.A War Waiting to Happen: Clashes between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in southern Serbia threaten to ignite a fresh conflict, TIME, 13 March 2000.Albanian rebels training for Serbian war, BBC News, 12 February 2001Albanian separatists continue fighting in Kosovo buffer zone, World Socialist Web Site, 14 February 2001.- 1999–2001
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Mar 4, 2000 · The Battle of Dobrosin was a conflict between police of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) during the 2000-2001 insurgency in the Preševo Valley. On 4 March, the UÇPMB numbering 500 insurgents attacked and captured the strategic village of Dobrosin.
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The Battle of Dobrosin was a conflict between police of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) during the 2000-2001 insurgency in the Preševo Valley. On 4 March, the UÇPMB numbering 500 insurgents attacked and captured the strategic town of Dobrosin.
Dobrosin is a village located in the municipality of Bujanovac, southern Serbia. Dobrosin has about 747 residents. Mapcarta, the open map.
Vyacheslav Grigoryevich Dobrynin (Russian: Вячесла́в Григо́рьевич Добры́нин, born Antonov /Анто́нов [1] on January 25, 1946) is a popular Russian composer and singer also known as Doctor Shlyager. He was awarded the People's Artist of Russia in 1996.' [2] Dobrynin was born in 1946 to an Armenian father and a Russian mother.
