Insurgency The Battle of Bukoc (in Albanian: Beteja e Bukocit), also called the Battle of Bukovac (in Serbian Cyrillic: Битка на Буковцу; in Serbian romanized: Bitka na Bukovcu), was a clash that started on 8 December 2000, when members of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) attacked the village of Bukoc, at the time controlled by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

After some fighting that occurred in the area around Dobrosin, UÇPMB militants captured Oraovica and its surroundings, including the village of Bukoc.

[4] In this defensive line, the 2nd Bukoc Battalion operated, and from this moment the UÇPMB would slowly start taking control over villages in the region of the Preševo valley.

[5] After the battle, UÇPMB units located in the village, sought to capture more Albanian settlements.

[4] In this context, on January 6, 2001, under the leadership of Bardhyl Osmani, also known as Commander Delta, together with his men entered and captured the village of Šušaja for the UÇPMB.