Draft:Battle of Rogovo
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{{infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Rogovo
| partof = the Kosovo War
| image = District of Gjakova in Kosovo.svg
| image_size = 240px
| caption =
| date = 27-29 January 1999
| place = Rogovo
| coordinates =
| latitude =
| longitude =
| territory =
| result = Yugoslav victory
| combatant1 = {{flag|Serbia and Montenegro|name=Yugoslavia}}
| combatant2 = 22px Kosovo Liberation Army
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} unknown
| commander2 = 22px Agron Rama{{KIA}}
| strength1 = {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} 50 police officers
| strength2 = 22px around 30 soldiers
| units1 = 20px Yugoslav Armed Forces
{{*}}20px MUP
| units2 = 22px Kosovo Liberation Army
| casualties1 = 1 killed, 2 wounded police officer
| casualties2 = 19 soldiers killed (Yugoslav claim){{cite web |title=KDOM Update |url=https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eur/rpt_990129_kdom.html#:~:text=Today%2C%20however%2C%20we%20see%20reports,soldiers%20and%20one%20Serb%20policeman |website=state.gov |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=29 January 1999}}
3 soldiers killed (International monitors claim){{cite news |title=World: Europe Three-week deadline over Kosovo |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/265277.stm |work=BBC News |date=30 January 1999}}
| casualties3 = 21 Albanian civilians killed
| notes =
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Kosovo War}}
}}
The Battle of Rogovo was a military operation during the Kosovo War conducted by MUP against KLA on 29 January 1999 in Rogovo. It resulted in MUP victory.
Battle
The battle started as a Yugoslav response to the killing of a Serbian policeman who was killed by Albanians while conducting a house-to-house search for arms in which one Albanian woman and several others were beaten by Yugoslav forces.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=R. Jeffrey |title=24 Die in Kosovo 'Mass Killing' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/01/30/24-die-in-kosovo-mass-killing/e771e581-4560-473e-bdc9-fcb814fe304e/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=30 January 1999}}
On 28 January at 11:30 p.m., a large group of KLA soldiers encountered a police patrol near the village of Bistražin while crossing the Erenik river. In the exchange of fire, two police officers, Dragan Vukmanović and Goran Jović were wounded, and three KLA members were killed. After that, the police began searching for the terrorist group.
At 6:30 a.m. on 29 January, about a dozen police officers set out to Rugovo, on the Đakovica - Prizren road, to arrest KLA soldiers who had attacked the police the previous day. As they approached the house of Xhevdet Berisha, fire was opened, killing Predrag Raković (21).{{cite web |title=Broadcast Transcript |url=http://www.wdr.de/online/news/kosovoluege/sendung_text.pdf |website=wdr.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010602162535/http://www.wdr.de/online/news/kosovoluege/sendung_text.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2001 |pages=7–8 |language=German}} A clash ensued, in which the police eliminated the entire KLA group there.{{Cite web |last=urednik |date=2022-07-06 |title=Na početku bješe laž |url=https://borba.me/na-pocetku-bjese-laz/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Borba.me |language=sr-RS}} The fighting resulted in the deaths of 19 KLA soldiers. 1 MUP was killed and 2 were wounded.{{Cite book |last=Strübel |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9YjBgAAQBAJ&dq=rogovo+1999&pg=PA127 |title=Film und Krieg: Die Inszenierung von Politik zwischen Apologetik und Apokalypse |date=2013-03-09 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-322-95044-4 |pages=127–128 |language=de}}{{Cite book |last=Ziegler |first=Clemens E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3D1R5Fo0axcC&dq=rogovo+1999&pg=PA32 |title=Kosovo-Krieg der Nato 1999 und Irak-Krieg 2003: Völkerrechtliche Untersuchung zum universellen Gewaltverbot und seinen Ausnahmen |date=2009 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=978-3-631-58021-9 |page=33 |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Simbolika povratka Rudolfa Šarpinga na "mesto zločina" - Kosovo Online |url=https://www.kosovo-online.com/licni-stav/simbolika-povratka-rudolfa-sarpinga-na-mesto-zlocina-7-7-2022 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.kosovo-online.com |language=sr-lat}}
After the conflict, the Serbian authorities invited observers from the Kosovo Verfication Mission, who had the opportunity to see what happened. A forensic group composed of Serbian and Belarusian forensic experts conducted an analysis of the bodies of the killed KLA soldiers.{{Cite book |last1=Hinsch |first1=Wilfried |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qTQ3FZu6jUkC&dq=rogovo+1999&pg=PA162 |title=Menschenrechte militärisch schützen: ein Plädoyer für humanitäre Interventionen |last2=Janssen |first2=Dieter |date=2006 |publisher=C.H.Beck |isbn=978-3-406-54099-8 |page=162 |language=de}} The International monitors found that Serbian claims of the Albanians killed being members of the KLA were innacurate as most killed were in civilian clothing.{{cite news |last1=Soltis |first1=Andy |title=Serbs Slay 24 in Kosovo Raid; U.S. Allies Insist on New Talks |url=https://nypost.com/1999/01/30/serbs-slay-24-in-kosovo-raid-u-s-allies-insist-on-new-talks/ |work=New York Post |date=30 January 1999}}
References
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:Category:Military operations of the Kosovo War
:Category:Battles involving FR Yugoslavia
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