[13] Yugoslav army units controlled the border in a few areas, but generally relied on the remote mountainous terrain to do their work for them.

Many Yugoslav border units suffered from lack of manpower, with the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia having seriously damaged their resources.

The morale of soldiers was low, with food often poor, and spare parts for army and police equipment and supplies were difficult to obtain.

[7] From their positions on the Yugoslavian side of the border, soldiers of the Yugoslav Army fired at least 10 shells on the town of Krumë just before midnight, where refugees from Kosovo had taken shelter.

[6] Albanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Sokol Gjoka stated that the incident did not result in casualties on either side, and that three houses had been destroyed in the fighting.