Battle of Llapushnik

Battle of Lapušnik
	Part of the Kosovo War
Date	7–10 May 1998
Location	Lapušnik, Drenica, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
Result	Decisive KLA victory KLA captures Lapušnik; Lapušnik prison camp built; Yugoslav forces take the Lapušnik prison camp after the KLA withdrawal from the camp;
Belligerents
KLA	FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Ismet Jashari; Fatmir Limaj; Isak Musliu; Imer Alushani †	Goran Radosavljević; Sreten Lukić;
Units involved
121 Brigade	Yugoslav Army; Serbian police
Strength
unknown	200 men
Casualties and losses
47 killed[1]	unknown

The Battle of Lapušnik (Serbian:Битка код Лапушника, Albanian: Beteja e Gryka e Llapushnikut) took place in Llapushnik, District of Pristina, 1998 during the Kosovo war. It lasted 3 days and ended in the Kosovo Liberation Army being victorious against the Yugoslav forces.[2]

Aftermath

Kadri Veseli, a Kosovo Politician and former founder and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, recalled it as one of the most fierce battles, saying that the dimensions of frontal fighting in Llapushnik resonated throughout Europe and increased the population's confidence in the strength of the Kosovo Liberation Army with a massive mobilisation.[3]

References

"20 Vjet nga beteja e Llapushnikut". Kallxo. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
"22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". Kosovapress.com. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15.
"Veseli: The battle of Llapushnik increased the populations confidence in the strength of the KLA". Kosovapress.com. 9 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07.

"Ballina". old.kosovapress.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
"Senior Kosovo Politician Kadri Veseli Indicted for War Crimes". Balkan Insight. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
"Kosovo conflict | Summary & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

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[1] "20 Vjet nga beteja e Llapushnikut". Kallxo. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[:0-2] "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". Kosovapress.com. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15.

[:1-3] "Veseli: The battle of Llapushnik increased the populations confidence in the strength of the KLA". Kosovapress.com. 9 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07.