Draft:Operation Bravo (2001)

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Operation Bravo
Part of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley

A map of the Ground Safety Zone
Date24 May - 1 June 2001
Location
Result

Yugoslav victory

Territorial
changes
Yugoslav annexation of the Ground Safety Zone
Belligerents
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
Commanders and leaders
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojislav Koštunica
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ninoslav Krstić
Ridvan Qazimi 
Shefqet Musliu Surrendered
Yonuz Musliu Surrendered
Strength
3.500 police and soldiers[1] 200-15.000 UÇPMB members[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
1 armored carrier damaged[1][3]
Unknown
350 militants surrendered[1]

The Operation Bravo 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 forced and the annexation of the Demilitarized Zone on the Serb-Kosovar border.

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  2. ^ "Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia". РУССКАЯ СЛУЖБА. 2001-05-24. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  3. ^ "Yugoslavia began sending security forces into the buffer zone at the border between Serbia and Kosovo". НОВОСТИ (in Russian). 2001-05-24. Retrieved 2024-03-15.