Battle of Bukoc

Battle of Bukoc
Part of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
Date8 December 2000
Location42°21′38″N 21°38′55″E / 42.36056°N 21.64861°E / 42.36056; 21.64861
Result UÇPMB victory
Territorial
changes
UÇPMB forces capture Bukoc
Belligerents
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB)
Commanders and leaders
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Unknown Mustafa Shaqiri
Bardhyl Osmani
Shaban Ukshini[1]
Units involved
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Unknown 113th Brigade "Ibrahim Fejzullahu"

The Battle of Bukoc (in Albanian: Beteja e Bukocit), also called the Battle of Bukovac (in Serbian Cyrillic: Битка на Буковцу; in Serbian romanized: Bitka na Bukovcu), was a clash that started on 8 December 2000, when members of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) attacked the village of Bukoc, at the time controlled by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

  1. ^ "Shtatore e Dëshmorëve: Sami e Shaban Ukshini- Zhegër, Gjilan". amkmk.rks-gov.net (in Albanian).

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