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Battle of Junik
Part of Kosovo War
Date August 3 - August 17, 1998 Location Junik, near Peć Territorial changes Serb forces regain control over Junik
Belligerents
Kosovo Liberation Army	Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Bekim Berisha †	Svetozar Marjanović
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Two soldiers killed Four policemen killed

The Battle of Junik (Serbian: Бој на Јуник, Boj na Junik; Albanian: Beteja e Junikut) was a battle during the Kosovo War between the Albanian UÇK and the Serb government forces. Junik was a UÇK major staging area. Thus, Serb forces decided to launch a major offensive into the area and surrounded the UÇK's remote mountain stronghold. After a 20-day siege, Serb paramilitaries overran the UÇK insurgents and drove into the village, effectively conquering it and pacifying the surrounding areas. The result was the restoration of the Federal Government's control of Junik and the key road that lay next to it.

The Battle

Junik was one of the UÇK's main compounds. This caused the army to launch an operation to gain control over this compound to weaken the UÇK's power to resist. The city had been besieged for two weeks, resulting in the desertion of Peć. In one situation, an UÇK attack on police stations on the Prizren-Priština road left two Serbian soldiers and four Serbian policemen dead.

References

• Albanian rebels battle Serbs over key road
• Trial transcription
• Albanian stronghold falls to Serb forces

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2. http://reliefweb.int/node/38767
3. http://reliefweb.int/node/38767
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• Battles involving Serbia
• Kosovo War