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Twenty-seven years since the covert entry of Russian military forces into Prishtina Airport: Moscow’s scandals and hybrid operations against Kosova
12 Jun

Twenty-seven years since the covert entry of Russian military forces into Prishtina Airport: Moscow’s scandals and hybrid operations against Kosova

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On 12 June 1999, while the citizens of Kosova were waiting with hope and emotion for the arrival of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces following the end of the war and the withdrawal of Serbian military and paramilitary forces, a Russian military convoy departed from Bosnia and Herzegovina toward Kosova in a surprise operation that would trigger serious tensions between Moscow and the West. In the early hours of the morning, before the main KFOR units had deployed throughout Kosova, Russian troops managed to take control of Prishtina Airport, carrying out a coordinated operation in secrecy and without NATO Command…
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