In Kosovo, an Orthodox priest removed the Albanian flag at the site where Yugoslav soldiers fought heroically
A Serbian priest from Belgrade, after a seven-hour journey, reached the abandoned Koshare border post in Kosovo, where from April to June 1999, Yugoslav fighters held a heroic defense against superior enemy forces.
The priest saw the Albanian flag hoisted over the ruins and took it down.
According to Novosti, the priest arrived in Kosovo from the outskirts of Belgrade along with another priest and one parishioner. At the place where the soldiers of the border service and the army of Yugoslavia fought bravely, the priests served a memorial service for the heroes, after which one of them climbed to the top floor of a partially ruined building, where he saw the Albanian flag.
“I looked directly from above at the Albanian flag, which has been flying over the border post since 1999, after the withdrawal of our army,” said the priest, who for obvious reasons wished to remain incognito. “Strong emotions overwhelmed me, I went up and took it off.”
At the same time, the priest did not damage the flag in any way or throw it away.
In April 1999, NATO leadership, in support of its air operation, planned and carried out a large-scale attack from Albania on the Koshare border post in Metohija.
Conscript soldiers of the Yugoslav army who took the blow from militants and NATO
In addition to the militants of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the attack involved regular forces of the Albanian army, as well as instructors and sabotage groups of NATO and Western PMCs. The North Atlantic Alliance was also responsible for arming and supplying the attackers and supporting their efforts with combat aircraft.
Young defense heroes “Koshare”
The Yugoslav border guards were the first to fight the aggressor, and later army units joined them. The fighting on Koshar continued from April to May, but the Yugoslav units, despite the strongest onslaught, did not allow the enemy to enter the country.
But they were forced to leave their positions after the Kumanovo agreement, as a result of which Slobodan Milosevic was forced to withdraw the army and police from Kosovo.
Mural in memory of the heroes of “Koshare”
The feat of the Yugoslav soldiers is comparable to the feat of the Pskov paratroopers at Height 776 during the Second Chechen War. In total, 109 Yugoslav fighters were killed in the battles of Koshare.
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