Vaksince offensive

Vaksince Offensive
	Part of Macedonia war
	Vaksince Vaksince offensive (North Macedonia)
Date	3 May 2001
Location	Kumanovo, Lipkovo Macedonia
Result	Macedonian failure Macedonian forces fail to regain control over Vaksince territory; Macedonian forces continue their counter-insurgency campaign; Operation MH-2, Operation Vaksince, and Operation Arachinovo launched;
Belligerents
Macedonia	NLA
Commanders and leaders
Boris Trajkovski; Ljubčo Georgievski; Pande Petrovski; Ljube Boškoski	Ali Ahmeti; Fadil Nimani
Units involved
Macedonian Army; Macedonian Police	114 Brigade
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
2 soldiers killed; 1 captured(later released)	unknown

The Vaksince Offensive was a military operation^[3] launched by the Macedonian army against Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA, who killed two of its soldiers in an overnight ambush in the region.^[3]

On the 3th May 2001 troops belonging to the Macedonian Army and Macedonian Police force began an Offensive against insurgent forces in the region of Kumanovo Karadak, in northeast of Macedonia. The operation only lasted a single day and ended with a Macedonian failure against the Albanian insurgents.^[4]

References

^ "Уште двајца убиени војници, еден киднапиран, АРМ удри по терористите кои прогласија слободна територија". Вест. 2001-05-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
^ "Важно Горан жив и здрав ни се врати дома". Вест. 2001-05-24. Archived from the original on 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
^ ^a ^b "Macedonia army begins offensive". 2001-05-03. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
^ agencies, Staff and (2001-08-22). "Macedonia timeline". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-25.

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