Battle of Bukoc

Battle of Bukoc
Part of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
Date 8 December 2000 Location Bukoc, Ground Safety Zone, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 42°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	Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB)
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Mustafa Shaqiri Bardhyl Osmani Shaban Ukshini [sq][1]
Units involved
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.