| Operation Fenix | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kosovo Liberation Army |
 Yugoslav Army | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Agim Ramadani Rrustem Berisha Nasim Haradinaj Xhezair Shaqiri |
Vidoje Kovačević Dragutin Dimćevski | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
|
"KOBRA" unit from the 3rd Operative Group GO-3 (later renamed to 138th Brigade "Agim Ramadani") |
Prishtina Corps Units 549th Motorized Brigade 53rd Border Battalion | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
|
30 soldiers[1] |
20 soldiers 1 tank 2 APC 2 helicopters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
none |
6 killed 6 wounded 1 Pinzgauer damaged 1 BOV destroyed[2] | ||||||
Operation Fenix[3] was an operation launched by militants of the KLA's "cobra" unit, which conducted two ambushes out of Albanian territory near the border outpost of Koshare on Yugoslav forces. Six Yugoslav Army personnel were killed. The KLA suffered no casualties, and captured Yugoslav ammunition, equipment and looted the dead soldiers.[4]
- ^ ИН4С (2023-09-30). "Дан када је рат заправо почео: Годишњица убиства петорице српских војника на Кошарама". ИН4С (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-06-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Await Yugoslav Army Ambush Verdict". 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Operacioni i koduar "Fenix"". Bota Sot. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ Nikolic, Ivana. "Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas Await Yugoslav Army Ambush Verdict". Balkan Insight.
A Serbian court delivers its verdict this week in the case of eight former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters accused of terrorism for ambushing and killing Yugoslav Army troops in 1998.