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| combatant1 = [[File:Emblema_e_UÇK-së.svg|22px]] [[Kosovo Liberation Army|KLA]]
| combatant1 = [[File:Emblema_e_UÇK-së.svg|22px]] [[Kosovo Liberation Army|KLA]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia]]
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[FR Yugoslavia]]
| result = KLA victory (according to KLA){{dispute inline|date=February 2023}}
| result = KLA victory
*KLA captures Lapušnik
*KLA captures Lapušnik
*[[Lapušnik prison camp]] was built
*[[Lapušnik prison camp]] was built

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Battle of Lapušnik
Part of the Kosovo War
Date7–10 May 1998
Location
Llapushnik, Drenica, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
Result

KLA victory

  • KLA captures Lapušnik
  • Lapušnik prison camp was built
  • Yugoslav forces take the Lapušnik 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
Units involved
121 Brigade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Army
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbian police
Strength
100 men Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 200 men
Casualties and losses
47 killed[1] Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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]

On May 9, 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] Along side 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][12][13][14][15]

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.[16]

References

  1. ^ "20 Vjet nga beteja e Llapushnikut". Kallxo. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". Kosovapress.com. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15.
  3. ^ Plus, Kult (2023-05-10). "Gryka". KultPlus (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  4. ^ Grejqevci, Fatmir (2023-08-25). "Ismet Jashar Jashari (16.4.1967 – 25. 8. 1998)". Radio Kosova e Lirë. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  5. ^ "Epopeja e Grykës së Llapushnikut, sinonim i lavdisë, krenarisë dhe qëndresës së UÇK-së". feratshala.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  6. ^ "Përkujtohen të rënët e Grykës së Llapushnikut, Limaj tha se duhet të plotësohet amaneti i dëshmorëve". ekonomiaonline.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  7. ^ "23 vite më parë luftëtarët e lirisë në Grykën e Llapushnikut e zgjuan Evropën nga gjumi". 04 Online. 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  8. ^ "25 years since the Battle of Llapushnik". KosovaPress. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  9. ^ "25 vjet nga beteja e Grykës së Llapushnikut". Epoka e Re. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  10. ^ D V (2023-05-10). "25 vite nga beteja e Grykës së Llapushnikut". Zhurnal.mk. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  11. ^ Ademi, Haka (2022-05-10). "24 vjet nga Beteja e Llapushnikut". Kosova.info (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  12. ^ Osmani, Shqipe (2022-05-10). "Sot bëhen 24 vite nga Beteja e Llapushnikut". Kosovapost.net (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  13. ^ "25 vite nga beteja e Grykës së Llapushnikut". InFokus. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  14. ^ admin (2022-05-10). "24 vjet nga Beteja e Llapushnikut". Qendra Press. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  15. ^ "24 vjet nga Beteja e lavdishme e Llapushnikut". InLajmi. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  16. ^ "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.

Further reading

  • "Ballina". old.kosovapress.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
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