| Battle of Dobrosin | |||||||
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| Part of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac |
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Rabit Saqipi |
Nebojša Pavković | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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500 insurgents |
Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 killed |
1 killed 2 wounded | ||||||
| 175 civilians displaced | |||||||
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. The capture of Dobrosin marked the beginning of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley.[1][2][3]
During the battle one UÇPMB insurgent and one Serb policeman were killed, while two Serb policemen were wounded.[4] During the fighting, 175 civilians were displaced from the village and fled to neighboring Kosovo.[2]
- ^ Gall, Carlotta (2000-03-05). "Albanian Village Flees After Serbs and Guerrillas Battle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ a b AP (2000-03-05). "Civilians Flee Serbian Border Town". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ Armor. University of Minnesota: U.S. Armor Association. 2001.
- ^ "Die vergessenen Albaner Serbiens - Zur Lage der ethnischen Albaner in Südserbien außerhalb des Kosovo - Ulf Brunnbauer in Südosteuropa, Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung, 7-8/1999". www.bndlg.de. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
Overnight Friday, Albanian witnesses reported clashes between the Serbian police and the UCPBM fighters in Dobrosin. And a week ago, a UCPBM fighter and a Serb policeman were killed, while two policemen were injured in clashes in the village.