Battle of Oraovica

The Battle of Oraovica was a conflict between Army and Police of FR Yugoslavia and Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac during 2001 insurgency in the Preševo Valley. Village of Oraovica was under the control of UÇPMB. On 14 May Yugoslav forces launched an attack on UÇPMB stronghold in this Albanian-populated place near the border with Kosovo. Fighting began on 13 May at 06.10 AM by an attack on Yugoslav forces. At 07.00 AM Albanian men attacked Serbian police and army again and fired three rocket towards the village. More incidents happened during the day until 08.00 PM. On 14 May Serbian forces captured Oraovica after UÇPMB attacked them at 02.15 PM.