Battle of Llapushnik

Battle of Llapushnik
Part of the Kosovo War
Date7–10 May 1998
Location
Result

KLA victory

  • KLA captures Lapušnik
  • Lapušnik prison camp was built
  • Yugoslav forces take the Llapushnik prison camp after the KLA withdrawal from the camp
Belligerents
KLA Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Ismet Jashari
Fatmir Limaj
Isak Musliu
Ymer Alushani 
Kadri Veseli
Fehmi Lladrovci
Units involved
121 Brigade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Army
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbian police
Strength
unknown Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unknown
Casualties and losses
47 killed[1]

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unknown

Tam-110 destroyed

The Battle of Llapushnik (Serbian:Битка код Лапушника, Albanian: Beteja e Gryka e Llapushnikut) took place on 7-10 May 1998 in the village of Llapushnik, in the district of Pristina, in Kosovo during the Kosovo war. It ended in the Kosovo Liberation Army being victorious against Yugoslav forces.[2]

On 9 May 1998,[3] Ismet Jashari, who still had not fully recovered from the injuries he suffered during an previous ambush, led his forces into Llapushnik, where he defeated the Yugoslav Army and police and captured the town.[4][5] Alongside with him were Kadri Veseli, Fatmir Limaj,[6] Isak Musliu and Ymer Alushani.[7]

The Pristina-Peja road was made impassable for the Serbian forces. The Llapushnik gorge was kept blocked for months, enabling the KLA fighters to move freely in a large part of the territory of Kosovo and this enabled them to organise and supply themselves with weapons.[8][9][10][11]

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