2 killed (UÇPMB claim)[1] 8 wounded 14–20 killed 80 POWs(Yugoslav claim) Insurgency The Battle of Oraovica (Serbian: Bitka na Oraovica) was a conflict between the army and police of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) during the 1999-2001 insurgency in the Preševo Valley.

After the end of the Kosovo War in 1999 with the signing of the Kumanovo agreement,[2] a 5-kilometre-wide Ground Safety Zone (GSZ) was created.

[3][4] In June 1999, a new Albanian militant insurgent group was formed under the UÇPMB, which started training in the GSZ.

On 14 May Yugoslav forces launched an attack on the UÇPMB stronghold in this Albanian-populated place near the border with Kosovo.

At 7:00 a.m, Albanian men attacked Serbian police and army again and fired three rocket towards the village.