Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Serbia deploys military chief to Kosovo border amid rising tensions
https://www.lemonde.fr ^ | December 26, 2022 | Le Monde with AFP

Posted on 12/25/2022 8:41:07 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dispatched the army chief on Sunday night to the border with Kosovo, General Milan Mojsilovic himself announced, as strained relations between the two countries were exacerbated by recent blockades.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but Belgrade refuses to recognise the move and encourages the remaining 120,000 Serbs to defy Pristina's authority.

....

Shots fired near NATO forces in northern Kosovo as tensions remain high - report

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/shots-fired-near-nato-forces-in-northern-kosovo-as-tensions-remain-high-report/ar-AA15ECsM

(Excerpt) Read more at lemonde.fr ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kosovo; serbia
Shots fired near NATO forces in northern Kosovo as tensions remain high - report

Links

Link


1 posted on 12/25/2022 8:41:07 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

One of things I thought could happen as a result on Ukraine is that a spark could land in the Balkans and get that region flared up again.


2 posted on 12/25/2022 8:56:14 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dfwgator

3 posted on 12/25/2022 8:58:31 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit;“We are your ghosts, in this game played by monkeys, organized by lunatics” )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

Sounds like the Neocons are getting bored with Ukraine and need a war they think they can win - like a repeat of bombing civilian targets in Belgrade from 30,000 feet.

But it would be sporty if Russia managed to slip-in a few S400 batteries.


4 posted on 12/25/2022 8:58:47 PM PST by BobL
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

It’s a nothingburger, and nothing new. Same old, same old.


5 posted on 12/25/2022 9:06:04 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

Ww3 continues to evolve


6 posted on 12/25/2022 10:01:12 PM PST by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mylife
Yes it does. I think 2023 will be one of those years that has a big section in future history books. The world won't run out of crooked politicians but it may run out of reserved citizens that care about getting caught in violent politics based assassinations.
7 posted on 12/25/2022 10:58:19 PM PST by wgmalabama (Censored!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19

😄👍 great meme. Loved the song jokes.


8 posted on 12/25/2022 11:14:38 PM PST by TianaHighrider (God moved David to STAND UP to Goliath ❣)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CatHerd

Could this be Russia’s second front? NATO distracted by Ukraine so Serbia Moved on Kosovo? Maybe Russia will send some aid to their Slavic friends.


9 posted on 12/25/2022 11:21:41 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Forward the Light Brigade

WW III May well be coming in early 2023. This time it will hit home too. Serbia could become a dagger in the heart of NATO. Expect Iran to start things and North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela even South Africa. It will not stay in Ukraine.


10 posted on 12/26/2022 3:50:24 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: RomanSoldier19; dfwgator; BobL; Honorary Serb
The Western-NATO False Flag Demonization of Serbia to "Justify" the cowardly, criminal bombing of civilians would likely fail international scrutiny if it happened today.

Serbs have attempted to get this information known for a couple of decades, and even their Western Occupational Government is starting to get out of the way.

Don't know if hostilities will commence again, but the Gravy Train for NATO-UN Human Trafficking and Kosovo Islamic Terrorists is over.

Albania is sad ...

11 posted on 12/26/2022 5:41:54 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Forward the Light Brigade
“Maybe Russia will send some aid to their Slavic friends.”

That would be the friends that were illegally invaded by NATO.

12 posted on 12/26/2022 6:00:51 AM PST by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Forward the Light Brigade

Nah. There’s a little dust up there at least every few years. The Serbs fuss, the Albanians fuss, NATO fusses, then it dies down again. Been going on for over two decades. The license plate thing has been going on for over a decade.

Last year:

https://kossev.info/temporary-rks-license-plates-the-origin-story/

See also:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4115648/posts?page=6#6

IMHO, it would have been better to either cede that little area back to Serbia or else allow the Serbs to leave. But “the international community” is stuck on borders drawn by dead commies (even provincial boundaries drawn within a republic — Kosovo was a province of Serbia, not a constituent republic of former Yugoslavia), and they didn’t want the Serbs to leave there because then NATO would have presided over the *total* ethnic cleansing of Kosovo. As is stands, NATO merely presided over the near total ethnic cleansing of Kosovo.

Back in 1991, when the Serb minority of Croatia was reduced to second-class citizenship by their new constitution and getting whooped up on by the Croats and the Serb areas in turn declared their independence from Croatia, that was a big no-no according to the “international community” and only borders of republics counted, not provinces or oblasts. Same deal for Crimea and the Donbass oblasts of Ukraine — big no no. But for some reason, they broke their own rule and recognized the independence of Serbia’s province of Kosovo (and did so despite not implementing UNSC Resolution 1244).

Of course “the international community” was simply a euphemism for the USA from 1990 until just a few years ago. We were the only real superpower in the world then and called all the shots.

Anyway, now the Serbs who live there are caught in a tug-of-war between the little NATO protectorate of Kosovo (which is not a viable state) and Serbia, and used as pawns in that game. Of course Serbia does not stand a chance against NATO (which is owned and operated by the US), but they use this little enclave to make a point. It’s a pathetic little pawn in a pointless game. Nobody cares about those people. Nobody. It’s sad, but it is what it is.


13 posted on 12/26/2022 7:32:14 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Navy Patriot; lightman

.....Don’t know if hostilities will commence again, but the Gravy Train for NATO-UN Human Trafficking and Kosovo Islamic Terrorists is over......

But now there is “Ukraine”!!!!

NO MORE NATO!!!! NO MORE biden and katy hobbs!!!!

But....

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!!!!


14 posted on 12/26/2022 10:26:05 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Navy Patriot

Serbia places its troops on Kosovo border on combat alert as tensions escalate

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221227-serbia-places-its-troops-on-kosovo-border-on-combat-alert-as-tensions-escalate


15 posted on 12/26/2022 9:44:55 PM PST by Texan4Life
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson