Battle of Tetovo | ||||||||
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Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Macedonia | National Liberation Army | NATO | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Boris Trajkovski Ljubčo Georgievski Pande Petrovski Ljube Boškoski |
Gëzim Ostreni Rahim Beqiri † Hamdi Nëdrecaj Samidin Xhezairi |
George Robertson Guido Venturoni | ||||||
Units involved | ||||||||
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2 armored companies 1 logistic unit | |||||||
Strength | ||||||||
10,000+[4] 20-30 tanks[5] 8+ APCs 1+ Mi-17 helicopter 2 Mi-24 helicopters (operated by Ukrainian mercenary pilots) | 2,500–3,000[6] |
4,800+[4] 2+ tanks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
34 killed[7][8] 24 wounded 1 armoured vehicle destroyed 1 BTR captured 1 truck destroyed 1 Mi-17 helicopter crashed |
1 killed[9] 7 wounded[9] | 1 wounded | ||||||
25+ civilians killed 20+ civilians kidnapped |
The Battle of Tetovo (Macedonian: Битка за Тетово, romanized: Bitka za Tetovo, Albanian: Beteja e Tetovës), was the largest engagement during the 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia, in which Macedonian security forces battled the National Liberation Army (NLA) for control of the city.
'Two Mi-24 helicopters flown by Ukrainian pilots ... blasted the hillside [above Tetovo] with rockets' The helicopters [were] a gift from Ukraine'