{"id":207045,"date":"2026-04-09T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=207045"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:49:05","slug":"anniversary-of-the-serbian-armys-lesson-in-humanity-and-bravery-twenty-seven-years-ago-the-battle-of-kosare-began-a-struggle-of-david-and-goliath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/anniversary-of-the-serbian-armys-lesson-in-humanity-and-bravery-twenty-seven-years-ago-the-battle-of-kosare-began-a-struggle-of-david-and-goliath\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNIVERSARY OF THE SERBIAN ARMY’S LESSON IN HUMANITY AND BRAVERY: Twenty-seven years ago, the Battle of Kosare began, a struggle of David and Goliath!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twenty-seven years ago, forces of the KLA, the Albanian army, and NATO attacked the area of the Kosare watchtower on the Yugoslav-Albanian border. The attack was powerful and surprised the Army of Yugoslavia.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The KLA took the watchtower but failed to penetrate deeper into Kosovo and Metohija, which was the primary goal of the attack. The Army of Yugoslavia had 108 killed, and the KLA more than 200. We recall the text created based on the testimonies of participants in the Battle of Kosare in the show “Dozvolite\u2026” in 2014 and 2016, writes the Radio Television of Serbia portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 1,500 KLA members, supported by Albanian artillery, NATO aviation, and instructors, attacked the area of the Kosare watchtower on a front several kilometers wide early in the morning on April 9, 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watchtower was constantly under strike by NATO forces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Until April 9, NATO had not targeted Kosare, but it had hit other positions on the Yugoslav-Albanian border. The watchtower was located on the slopes of Prokletije, not far from Djakovica and Decani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that moment, there were slightly more than 100 members of the border units of the Army of Yugoslavia on the front. Due to fierce air attacks, but also KLA diversions, significant help could not arrive immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military leadership’s assessment was that a ground attack would most likely start from Macedonia, where about 16,000 NATO soldiers were already located, and there was no assumption that the main attack would go through Kosare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That part of the territory was in the zone of responsibility of the 125th Motorized Brigade, which was reorganizing its units, fighting KLA terrorists in Metohija, and was constantly under NATO strikes, so from the start of the war until April 9, it had not managed to fully prepare for stopping the attack at Kosare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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