Draft:Beteja e Jeshkovës
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The Battle of Jeshkovo (Serbian: Битка на Јешкову, Romanized: Bitka na Ješkovu; Albanian: Beteja e Jeshkovës) was fought during the Kosovo War between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the FR Yugoslav Forces. It was fought in Jeshkovo, in the District of Prizren on 11 March 1999.
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Battle of Jeshkovo | |||||||
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Part of Kosovo War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kosovo Liberation Army | Yugoslav Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ekrem Rexha Nehat Basha Skënder Mehmet Latifi † | Stojan Konjikovac | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
125th Brigade | 549th Motorized Brigade | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
40 men | 270 armored vehicles 20 tanks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
21 killed | 350 wounded |
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KLA insurgents managed to keep Jeshkovo from the Yugoslav Army. Albanians claimed that the Yugoslav Army retreated due to heavy losses.